Posted by Beaver [Beaver] on November 17, 1999 at 08:17:05 {xx2d.1sWpQS2pgVcL2CgJusvla2o4k}:
Among the Sea Peoples was a group called the Danuna, associated by many scholars with the people called the Danaoi by Homer. This group, like the Philistines, settled on the coast of Canaan, but in time joined the Isrealites as the tribe of Dan. Their tribal allotment is on the seacoast, immediately adjacent to Philistine territory. Judges 5:17 refers to their dwelling in ships; Genesis 49:16 suggests that Dan is joining the Isrealite tribal league at a rather late date; and Judges 18:1 notes that Dan did not have an allotment of land like the other tribes. All of these factors combine to support the theory that the tribe of Dan originated as one of the Sea Peoples.
Quote from "The Bible and the Ancient Near East" by Cyrus H. Gordon and Gary A. Rendsburg.