This document is about Laish (place name). For other homonyms, please refer to the Laish document.
The northernmost region of Israel during the time of the Judges. It was the area attacked by the tribe of Dan as they sought a place to live.
Judges 18:14Then the five men who had gone to explore the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, teraphim, a carved image, and a cast image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.”
Judges 18:29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the former name of the city was Laish.
See Dan (place name)