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Dathan

Tribe of Reuben

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q.v.) in his conspiracy, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1; 26:9; Deut. 11:6; Ps. 106:17).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 8 verses

Numbers: 16:1, 16:12, 16:24, 16:25, 16:27, 26:9
Deuteronomy: 11:6
Psalms: 106:17

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.