DATHAN

Dathan: translation

(fl. ?13th cent, BCE)

   Israelite rebel leader, head of a family of the tribe of Reuben. He and Abiram, also of the tribe of Reuben, joined Korah in his rebellion against Moses, whom they attacked for assuming the leadership; as descendants of Jacob's eldest son, they claimed the leadership for themselves. Later they were swallowed up by the earth (Numbers 16).

Dathan: translation

   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).