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    The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. During...
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  • ha-Dani (Hebrew: אֶלְדָּד בֶּן מַחְלִי הַדָּנִי, lit. 'Eldad son of Mahli the Danite') (fl. c. 851 – c. 900) was a ninth-century Jewish merchant, traveller,...
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    Hearing rumors that the vigilantes had marched to Daviess County, the Danites (a Mormon vigilante group) preemptively struck the settlements of Millport...
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    were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges. The most celebrated Danite was Samson, a Danite judge from the period of settlement in the lands allotted by...
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  • may refer to: Nine Sons Of Dan, an Australian band from the Gold Coast Danite, a Mormon group This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    descended from these Danites. Some Beta Israel, however, assert that their Danite origins go back to the time of Moses, when some Danites parted from other...
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    heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson...
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    first militias was the Danite. The first military unit was the Nauvoo Legion, the city militia for Nauvoo, Illinois. The Danites were a fraternal organization...
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  • The priestly service of Gershom's descendant Jonathan on behalf of the Danites was illegal, because, although he was a Levite, he was not of Aaron's family...
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    steeped in kidnapping, murder and enslavement, he said: "all I said about the Danite Band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that, though it...
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    of these rumors[which?] were centered around a group called the Danites. The Danites were a fraternal organization which was founded by a group of Latter-day...
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    "provoked the animosity of the Mormon faithful" and that "all I said about the Danite Band and the murders is historical so I cannot withdraw that though it is...
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    Mormon War. Non-Mormon vigilantes raided and burned Mormon farms, while Danites and other Mormons pillaged non-Mormon towns. In the Battle of Crooked River...
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    21:25; cf. Ruth 1:1) as in the following chart: Chapters 17–18 record a Danite founding narrative that gives insight into Israelite early religious lives...
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    Sampson Avard (category Danites)
    one of the founders and leaders of the Mormon vigilantes known as the Danites, which existed in Missouri during the Missouri Mormon War in 1838. Sampson...
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  • Hosea's wife, Gomer. His name means 'doubled cakes'. (Hosea 1:3) Dibri, a Danite, was the father of Shelomith, according to Leviticus 24:11. Shelomith's...
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  • 1990 novel by Kwame Anthony Appiah Avenging Angel, a member of the Mormon Danite An early moniker for Warren Worthington III, an antihero in the Marvel Comics...
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    who lived outside the central hill country were tenuously identified as Danites, Asherites, Zebulunites, Issacharites, Naphtalites and Gadites. These inhabitants...
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  • come aground on the coast of Judea, and walk inland to the village of the Danites, who are tyrannized by the Philistines. The villagers advise the travelers...
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    Smith Addresses the Nauvoo Legion Military Units Caldwell County Militia Danite Lot Smith Cavalry Company Mormon Battalion Nauvoo Legion Spartan Band State...
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    Porter Rockwell (category Danites)
    Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory...
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    Mormon group known as the Danites, swears in an affidavit before the Carroll County clerk concerning the size of the Danite army. He states that they...
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    Wild Bill Hickman (category Danites)
    Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Hickman was reputedly a member of the Danites. In April 1854, Hickman was asked by Young to go to Green River and establish...
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    place in the Latter-Day Saint community, the Danites forcibly expelled them from the county. The Danite Manifesto, a letter addressed to Cowdery and the...
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    Treatment and Caged. In 1948, director Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Miriam, the Danite girl who loves Samson, in his film Samson and Delilah. In his autobiography...
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    settlement in Carroll County, the sacking and burning of Gallatin by the Danites, and the taking of Mormon hostages by Captain Samuel Bogart and his state...
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    presidency did not seem to have much to do with [the Danites] at first", [but] some of the Danites clearly saw the salt sermon as a sign of approval. Corrill...
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    reporting on the Daviess County expedition, the existence of the Danites, and rumors that the Danites were planning to attack Richmond and Liberty. Though no such...
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    Jones, Allen H. (1975). Bronze Age Civilization: The Philistines and the Danites. Public Affairs Press. pp. VI. ISBN 978-0-685-57333-4. Vogazianos, Stephanos...
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    the Philistines". Manoah was an Israelite from Zorah, descended from the Danites, and his wife had been unable to conceive. The Angel of the Lord appears...
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