Dathan. [Da'than]
Son of Eliab the Reubenite: he joined with Korah and Abiram in rebellion against Moses and Aaron, and was with Abiram swallowed up by the earth. Numbers 16:1-30; Numbers 26:9; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17. It was rebellion against God in His appointed servants: cf. Jude 1. See KORAH.