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Joshua Chapter
Nineteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 19
In
this chapter an account is given of the lots of the six remaining tribes, and
the cities in them, as of Simeon, whose cities were chiefly within the tribe of
Judah, Joshua 19:1; of
Zebulun, its border and cities, Joshua 19:10; of
Issachar, its border and cities, Joshua 19:17; of Asher,
its border and cities, Joshua 19:24; of
Naphtali, its border and cities, Joshua 19:32; of
Dan, its border and titles, Joshua 19:40; and
lastly of a gift of inheritance to Joshua, Joshua 19:49.
Joshua 19:1 The
second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon
according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance
of the children of Judah.
YLT
1And the second lot goeth
out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; and
their inheritance is in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah,
And the second lot came forth to Simeon,.... That is,
the second of the seven lots, of which Benjamin's was the first; otherwise
there were the two lots of Judah and Joseph, which preceded both these:
even for the tribe
of the children of Simeon, according to their families; for though
many of their cities had been given by lot to the tribe of Judah, yet it seems
as if there were others they had by a special lot cast for them, as many as
were sufficient for their families:
and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children
of Judah; which was done partly because this was but a small tribe, and
particularly because the lot put up, which fell to the tribe of Judah, was too
large for it, more than they could occupy, too much being put to this lot by
the first measurers of the land; and partly to fulfil the prophecy of Jacob,
that the Simeonites should be scattered in Jacob, and divided in Israel, Genesis 49:7; and
hence it is that the lots of these two tribes lying together, and being so
intermixed, that the tribe of Judah called upon that of Simeon to join them in
fighting against the Canaanites, and taking out of their hands the cities that
belonged to them, Judges 1:3.
Joshua 19:2 2 They had in their
inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah,
YLT
2and they have in their
inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba,.... Or,
Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes
usedF26Vid. Noldium, p. 280. No. 1200. , and must be so used here;
or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen
cities, contrary to the account of them, Joshua 19:6; so
Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the
enumeration of the cities of Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:28;
Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known
place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason
of its name is manifest, Genesis 21:31; See
Gill on Joshua 15:28,
and Moladah; another of the cities of Judah, Joshua 15:26.
Joshua 19:3 3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
YLT
3and Hazar-Shual, and Balah,
and Azem,
And Hazarshual,.... See Gill on Joshua 15:28,
and Balah, and Azem; of these places see Gill
on Joshua 15:29; for
Balah is the same with Baalah there, and with Bilhah 1 Chronicles 4:29;
and Azem with Ezem there.
Joshua 19:4 4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
YLT
4and Eltolad, and Bethul,
and Hormah,
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah. These were all
cities of Judah, Joshua 15:30;
Eltolad is the same with Tolad, and Bethul with Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:29,
and with Chesil, Joshua 15:30,
mentioned there along with Hormah; See Gill on Joshua 15:30.
Joshua 19:5 5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth,
Hazar Susah,
YLT
5and Ziklag, and
Beth-Marcaboth, and Hazar-Susah,
And Ziklag,.... Another of the cities of Judah; see Gill on Joshua 15:31,
and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah; or Hazarsusim, as in 1 Chronicles 4:31;
the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses,
which made Bochart conjectureF1Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158. ,
that they were places where Solomon kept his chariots and horses; but it should
be observed that these were the names by which these places went in the times
of the old Canaanites; and seem to me rather where some of their kings had
their horses and chariots; or rather where there were temples dedicated to the
horses and chariots of the sun; see 2 Kings 23:11.
Joshua 19:6 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen:
thirteen cities and their villages;
YLT
6and Beth-Lebaoth, and
Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages.
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen,.... Whether the first is
the same with Lebaoth, a city of Judah, Joshua 15:32; and
with the Bethleptepha of JosephusF2De Jud. Bell. l. 4. c. 8. sect.
1. , and the Betholene of PlinyF3Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 14. , is not
certain: in this place secret to have been an idol temple of the Canaanites,
dedicated to lions, as in Egypt there was a city called Leontopolis, from
whence was the Leontopolitan nome, the inhabitants of which worshipped lionsF4Strabo.
Geograph. l. 17. p. 559. ; and the Egyptians had temples dedicated to them, as
AelianusF5De Animal. l. 12. c. 7. relates. Both these places are
thought to be the same with Bethbirei and Shaaraim in 1 Chronicles 4:31;
of the latter of which see Joshua 15:36. Those
who take Sheba, Joshua 19:2, to be
the same with Shema, Joshua 15:26, make
but one city here, and take away the last, as the Greek version does, and
render the word "and their fields", and so the number still is as
follows:
thirteen cities and their villages; the sum total of those
enumerated above.
Joshua 19:7 7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and
Ashan: four cities and their villages;
YLT
7Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and
Ashan; four cities and their villages;
Ain, Remmon,.... Of the two first, which were cities of Judah; see Gill on Joshua 15:32,
and Ether, and Ashan; of the two last; see
Gill on Joshua 19:42,
four cities and their villages; Ain, Remmon, therefore,
could not be one city, at this time, as it seems to have been in the times of
Nehemiah, Nehemiah 11:29; or
otherwise there would have been but three cities.
Joshua 19:8 8 and all the villages that were
all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was
the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their
families.
YLT
8also all the villages which
[are] round about these cities, unto Baalath-Beer, Ramoth of the south. This
[is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families;
And all the villages that were round about these cities,.... Not only
the suburbs adjoining to those cities which are mentioned before, but the
several small distinct towns and villages, scattered up and down in the
country:
to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south: this is the same with
Baal in 1 Chronicles 4:33;
and with Ramath of the south, or south Ramoth, as it is called 1 Samuel 30:27; all
these are the names of one and the same city:
this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Simeon,
according to their families; that is, the above named
cities fell to the lot of the inheritance of the Simeonites, and were divided
among them according to the number of their respective families; at least,
these were the chief and principal of them; for all that they possessed are not
mentioned, particularly one called Tochen, 1 Chronicles 4:32;
and another, the name of which is Etam there, unless that is thought to be the
same with Ether here in Joshua 19:7.
Josephus saysF6Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. , this tribe took by
lot that part of Idumea which lay near to Egypt and Arabia.
Joshua 19:9 9 The inheritance of the
children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah,
for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the
children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that
people.
YLT
9out of the portion of the
sons of Judah [is] the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of
the sons of Judah hath been too much for them, and the sons of Simeon inherit
in the midst of their inheritance.
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the
inheritance of the children of Simeon,.... Which is the reason
why no description is given of the border of their inheritance, because that is
before given in the account of the lot of Judah:
for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: they had more
cities than they could fill with people, and more land than they could
cultivate; they had an hundred fourteen cities with their villages:
therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them; the one being a small tribe, and the other large, and for the
reasons given; See Gill on Joshua 19:1.
Joshua 19:10 10 The third lot came out for
the children of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their
inheritance was as far as Sarid.
YLT
10And the third lot goeth up
for the sons of Zebulun, for their families; and the border of their
inheritance is unto Sarid,
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun,
according to their families,.... Who, though younger
than Issachar, has his lot before him, agreeably to the order in which his
blessing is predicted, both by Jacob and Moses, Genesis 49:13;
and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid; or "by
Sarid", as Masius, who takes this to be the southwest border of Zebulun,
being near Carmel; in which he seems to be right.
Joshua 19:11 11 Their border went toward
the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended along the brook that
is east of Jokneam.
YLT
11and their border hath gone
up towards the sea, and Maralah, and come against Dabbasheth, and come unto the
brook which [is] on the front of Jokneam,
And their border went up toward the sea,.... Westward
towards the Mediterranean sea, which fulfilled the prophecies of Jacob and
Moses, that Zebulun should dwell by the sea, be an haven of ships, and take of
the abundance of the seas, as in the places before referred to; and so Josephus
says, the Zebulunites took the land unto the lake of Gennesaret, by or about
Carmel and the sea:
and Maralah; which Jerom callsF7De loc. Heb. fol. 90. K. the
ascent of Zebulun; for from hence it went up from the sea, and reached to
Dabbasheth; which Jerom calls Dasbath; the word signifies a hump that is on a
camel's back, Isaiah 30:6; so
called because when that is hurt by burdens it is cured with honeyF8T.
Bab. Sabbat, fol. 154. 2. ; it seems to denote some place or city at a point of
land or promontory, that stood out towards the sea, as that of Carmel; or some
city on the back of Carmel, resembling a camel's hump:
and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; of Jokneam;
see Gill on Joshua 12:22; and
this river was either the river Kishon, or Belus, sometimes called Pagida; from
whence sand was taken to make glass ofF11Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.
& l. 36. c. 26. , and was near Carmel, as Jokneam was.
Joshua 19:12 12 Then from Sarid it went
eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out
toward Daberath, bypassing Japhia.
YLT
12and turned back from Sarid
eastward, at the sun-rising, by the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and gone out unto
Daberath, and gone up to Japhia,
And turned from Sarid eastward,.... This describes the
southern border, going on from west to east:
towards the sunrising, unto the border of Chislothtabor; this Jerom
places in the tribe of Issachar, it bordered on both tribes; and he saysF12De
loc. Heb. fol. 88. D. H. , that in his time there was a little village called
Chaselus, eight miles from Diocaesarea, at the foot of Mount Tabor in the
plains:
and then goeth out to Daberath; which also was a city in
the tribe of Issachar, given to the Levites, Joshua 21:28. JeromF13lbid.
fol. 90. I. speaks of a little village of the Jews by Mount Tabor, of the
country belonging to Diocaesarea, called Dabira; this place is still in being.
Mr. Maundrell saysF14Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 115. , at the
bottom of Tabor westward stands Debarah, supposed by some to take its name from
Deborah, the famous judge and deliverer of Israel:
and goeth up to Japhia; this JeromF15De
loc. Heb. fol. 92. K. says is the town called Sycamine, as you go from Caesarea
to Ptolemais, above the sea, because of Mount Carmel, called Epha, thought by
some to be the Jebba of PlinyF16Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. . It seems,
however, to be the Japha of JosephusF17De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 6.
sect. 31. , which he speaks of as being a strong fortified place both by nature
and art.
Joshua 19:13 13 And from there it passed
along on the east of Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon,
which borders on Neah.
YLT
13and thence it hath passed over
eastward, to the east, to Gittah-Hepher, [to] Ittah-Kazin, and gone out [to]
Rimmon-Methoar to Neah;
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher,.... Which was
the native place of Jonah the prophet, 2 Kings 14:25; and
where Jerom saysF18Praefat. in Jonam. his grave was shown, and was a
small village in his time two miles from Sippore, then called Diocaesarea:
to Ittahkazin; of this place we have no account elsewhere,
but it was not far from the former:
and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; where the
eastern border ended. Some versions make Remmonmethoar distinct places; but
where either of them were exactly is not known: some, as the Targum, Jarchi,
and Kimchi, render the word "Methoar which goes about"; that is, the
border went about from Remmon to Neah, which by Jerom is called Anna, and who
observesF19De loc. Heb. fol. 38. H. , that there is another village
called Anna, ten miles from Neapolis, as you go to Aelia; and by whom also
Methoar is reckoned a distinct place, and called Amathar.
Joshua 19:14 14 Then the border went
around it on the north side of Hannathon, and it ended in the Valley of
Jiphthah El.
YLT
14and the border hath gone
round about it, from the north to Hannathon; and its outgoings have been [in]
the valley of Jiphthah-El,
And the border compasseth it from the north side to Hannathon,.... This is
the northern border of the tribe, which took a circuit from the last place to
this; of which and the following place we have no account; Jerom only makes
mention of them as in the tribe of Zebulun:
and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel; here the
northern border ended, which, Masius conjectures, was part of the valley of
Carmel.
Joshua 19:15 15 Included were Kattath,
Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
YLT
15and Kattath, and Nahallal,
and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages.
And Kattath, and Nahallal,.... Of the two first of
these we read nowhere else, but in Joshua 21:34,
and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, Joshua 11:1,
and Idalah is a place Bochart conjecturesF20Canaan, l. 1. c. 3.
col. 356. where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her
names:
and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the
birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this:
twelve cities with their villages; more are named, but some
of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and
others might not be properly cities, but small towns.
Joshua 19:16 16 This was the
inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these
cities with their villages.
YLT
16This [is] the inheritance
of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to
their families,.... Which was allotted to it and divided, according to the
number of its families:
these cities with their villages; before enumerated,
excepting such as only bordered on them; though indeed there were other cities
which belonged to them, or might be after given them, not here mentioned, as
Kartah and Dimnah, Joshua 21:34.
Joshua 19:17 17 The fourth lot came out to
Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
YLT
17For Issachar hath the
fourth lot gone out, for the sons of Issachar, for their families;
And the fourth lot came out
to Issachar,.... The fourth of the seven drawn at Shiloh:
for the children of Issachar, according to their families: among whom
the inheritance that came to them by the lot was divided, according to the
number of them.
Joshua 19:18 18 And their territory went
to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,
YLT
18and their border is [at]
Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And their border was towards Jezreel,.... Which was
a royal seat in the time of Ahab, 1 Kings 21:1; and
according to Jerom was near to Maximianopolis; See Gill on Hosea 1:5; and the
same writerF21De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I. says in his day a large
village of this name was shown in the great plain between Scythopolis and
Legion (he means the plain of Jezreel), and it was the border of Issachar:
and Chesulloth was different from the Chislothtabor, Joshua 19:12; that,
as Masius observes, was to the north, this to the south of Mount Tabor:
and Shunem is a place well known for being the dwelling place of a certain
woman in the times of Elisha, whose son the prophet raised from the dead, 2 Kings 4:8; Jerom
calls it Sonam, where was the Shunammite woman; but this city here seems to be
what he calls Salem, in the tribe of Issachar; and he adds, that there was
shown in his day a village by this name, five miles from Mount Tabor to the
southF23De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K. L. : according to BuntingF24Travels,
p. 143. , it was forty eight miles from Jerusalem to the north, not far from
Nain.
Joshua 19:19 19 Haphraim, Shion,
Anaharath,
YLT
19and Haphraim, and Shihon,
and Anaharath,
And Hapharaim,.... The first of these is by JeromF25Ut
supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 88. I. called Aphraim, a city of the tribe of
Issachar; and adds, there is at this day a village called Affarea, six miles
from Legion to the north:
and Shion; of Seon or Soen, the same with Shion here, he saysF26lbid.
fol. 94. K. , there was a village of this name shown in his time near Mount
Tabor:
and Anaharath, of which we have no account elsewhere.
Joshua 19:20 20 Rabbith, Kishion, Abez,
YLT
20and Rabbith, and Kishion,
and Abez,
And Rabbith,.... The first of these Jerom callsF1De loc. Heb. fol.
94. B. Rabboth in the tribe of Issachar:
and Kishion, as Masius notes, seems to given name to the river Kishon near
it; some take it to be the same with Kedesh, 1 Chronicles 6:72,
and Abez, of which no mention is made elsewhere.
Joshua 19:21 21 Remeth, En Gannim, En
Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
YLT
21and Remeth, and En-Gannim,
and En-Haddah, and Beth-Pazzez;
And Remeth,.... Remeth seems to be the same with Jarmuth, Joshua 21:29; and
with Ramoth, 1 Chronicles 6:73,
and Engannim seems to be the same with Anem in 1 Chronicles 6:73,
there were several of this name, which seem to have been places full of
gardens, and well watered; for the word signifies a fountain of gardens.
Engannim is now called Jenine, distant from Tabor twenty two miles, a place of
gardens, of water, and of pleasure, as a travellerF2Biddulph apud
Lightfoot. Talmud. Exercitat. in John iv. 1. of ours tells us; who also
declaresF3lb. apud Fuller's Pisgah Sight, p. 161. , that, in his
whole journey from Damascus to Jerusalem, he saw not more fruitful ground, and
so much together, than he did in twenty two miles of riding between Mount Tabor
and Engannim. This seems to be the same place Mr. MaundrellF4Journey
from Aleppo, &c. p. 111. calls Jeneen, a large old town on the outskirts of
Esdraelon. Dr. LightfootF5Chorograph. notes in Luke, p. 370. is
inclined to believe, that Nain, where the widow's son was raised to life, Luke 7:11, is the
same with Engannim, for which he gives various reasons:
and Enhaddah; Jerom says, in his timeF6Ut
supra. (De. loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.) there was a village called Enadda, ten miles
from Eleutheropolis, as you go from thence to Aelia; but seems not to be the
same with Enhaddah here:
and Bethpazzez; of Bethpazzez no mention is made elsewhere.
"Beth" signifies a "house", and "Pazzez" in the
Arabic tongue signifies "silver"; so this with the old Canaanites
might be a treasure city, like those in Egypt, Exodus 1:11. But
where a word begins with "Beth", as the name of a place, I always
suspect there was an idol temple there; now as the word in Hebrew signifies the
same as "Peor", opening, here might be a temple to that deity, or to
one that was similar to the god of the Moabites, and design a Priapus, among
the Canaanites like that; or as the word in the Syriac and Chaldee languages
signifies to redeem, deliver, and save, this temple might be dedicated to some
idol as their deliverer and saviour.
Joshua 19:22 22 And the border reached to
Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh; their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen
cities with their villages.
YLT
22and the border hath touched
against Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-Shemesh, and the outgoings of their
border have been [at] the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.
And the coast reacheth to Tabor,.... Tabor was the name
of a mountain in those parts; it is generally supposed to be the mountain on
which our Lord was transfigured, though it is not sufficiently evident; See
Gill on Jeremiah 46:18.
There was a city of this name near it, 1 Chronicles 6:77,
and which is meant here, and which either gave unto or received name from the
mount. The Greeks call it Itabyrium, and it is described by PolybiusF7Hist.
l. 5. p. 413. as situated on a hill rising in the form of a pap or breast, and
has an ascent of more than fifteen furlongs, and he calls it a city:
and Shahazimah is not mentioned any where else:
and Bethshemesh; there seem to have been several cities, at
least more than one, of the name of Bethshemesh; one in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 21:16; and
another in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:38; which
perhaps may be the same with this, it lying on the borders of both tribes. In
this, and so in others of the same name, was a temple dedicated to the sun by
the Heathens, as there was one of the same name in Egypt for the same reason, Jeremiah 43:13,
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan; here it
ended: so Josephus says, that the border of this tribe in the length of it were
Mount Carmel (at one end), and the river (i.e. Jordan, at the other); and at
the breadth of it the mountain Itabyrium, or Mount Tabor: it had Jordan on the
east, the sea on the west, Zebulun on the north, and Manasseh on the south:
sixteen cities with their villages; which was the sum total
of them.
Joshua 19:23 23 This was the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their
families, the cities and their villages.
YLT
23This [is] the inheritance
of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their
villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Issachar,.... Which fell to them by lot, as before described:
according to their families; was divided among them,
according to the number of them:
the cities and their villages; the cities before
enumerated, and the villages adjacent to them.
Joshua 19:24 24 The fifth lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
YLT
24And the fifth lot goeth out
for the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families;
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher,.... Which
entitled them to an inheritance next described:
according to their families; which was sufficient for
them, and divided to them according to their number.
Joshua 19:25 25 And their territory
included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
YLT
25and their border is
Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
And their border was Helkath,.... Helkath seems to be
the same with Hukok, 1 Chronicles 6:75;
and according to Masius it lay ten or twelve miles above Ptolemais:
and Hali, of which we read nowhere else.
and Beten is by JeromF8De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. called Bathne,
and was in his time a village by the name of Bethebem, eight miles from
Ptolemais to the east. RelandF9Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 617.
seems to think it might be the Ecbatana of PlinyF11Nat. Hist. l. 5.
c. 19. , which he speaks of as near Mount Carmel, and not far from Ptolemais:
and Achshaph was a royal city, whose king was taken by
Joshua; see Gill on Joshua 11:1.
Joshua 19:26 26 Alammelech, Amad, and
Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel westward, along the Brook Shihor
Libnath.
YLT
26and Alammelech, and Amad,
and Misheal; and it toucheth against Carmel westward, and against
Shihor-Libnath;
And Alammelech, and Amad,.... Of the two first of
these there is no mention elsewhere:
and Misheal is the same with Mashal, 1 Chronicles 6:74;
and is by JeromF12De loc. Heb. fol. 93. E. called Masan, and said to
be near Carmel to the sea:
and reacheth to Carmel westward; or, "to the
sea", as Carmel is called "Carmel by the sea"; see Gill on Jeremiah 46:18, it
is hereby distinguished from Carmel in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55;
(PlinyF13Ut supra. (Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.) calls it a promontory):
and to Shihorlibnath; the Vulgate Latin and
Septuagint versions make two places of it: but the sum of the cities after
given will not admit of it: more rightly Junius renders it Sihor by Libhath,
and takes Sihor to be the river Belus, or Pagidus; so called either because of
its likeness to the Nile, one of whose names is Sihor, Jeremiah 2:18; or
because its waters might be black and muddy; it was the river out of which sand
was fetched to make glass of: and Libnath, which has its name from whiteness,
the same writer thinks may be the Album Promontorium, or white promontory of
PlinyF14Ibid. , which he places near Ptolemais, between Ecdippa and
Tyre, and is very probable.
Joshua 19:27 27 It turned toward the
sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah
El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was
on the left,
YLT
27and hath turned back, at
the sun-rising, [to] Beth-Dagon, and come against Zebulun, and against the
valley of Jiphthah-El toward the north of Beth-Emek, and Neiel, and hath gone
out unto Cabul on the left,
And turneth towards the sunrising,.... Or eastward:
to Bethdagon; there was a city of this name in the tribe
of Judah; see Gill on Joshua 15:41.
Dagon, being a god of the Phoenicians, had temples built for him in various
places in Canaan:
and reacheth to Zebulun; not the tribe of
Zebulun, but a city so called, the same JosephusF15De Bello Jud. l.
2. c. 18. sect. 9. calls a strong city of Galilee, which had the name of Men,
perhaps from the populousness of it, and separated Ptolemais from Judea:
and to the valley of Jiphthahel; see Joshua 19:14,
toward the north side of Bethemek; of Bethemek no mention
is made elsewhere: perhaps here was an idol temple before dedicated to the god
of the valleys; see 1 Kings 20:28,
and Neiel; which the Greek version calls Inael, of which Jerom saysF16De
loc. Heb. fol. 88. I. , it is a certain village called Betoaenea, fifteen miles
from Caesarea, situated on a mountain to the east, on which are said to be
wholesome baths:
and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand; not the land
of Cabul, 1 Kings 9:13; but a
city, which JosephusF17Vita ejus, sect. 43. calls a village on the
borders of Ptolemais. The JewsF18Echa Rabbati, fol. 75. 4. speak of
a city of this name, destroyed because of contentions in it.
Joshua 19:28 28 including Ebron,[a] Rehob,
Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
YLT
28and Hebron, and Rehob, and
Hammon, and Kanah, unto great Zidon;
And Hebron,.... Hebron seems to be the same with Abdon, Joshua 21:30; ר and ד being changed, of which
there are other instances; and hereby this is distinguished from another Hebron
in the tribe of Judah, more commonly known, Joshua 15:54,
and Rehob; in the time of JeromF19De loc. Heb. fol. 94. A. ,
there was a village called Rooba, four miles from Scythopolis, and which he
says was a city separated to the Levites, as this was, or one of the same name
in this tribe; for there was another, Joshua 19:30; see Joshua 21:31; but
whether either of them is the same with this is not certain:
and Hammon; of this city we read nowhere else:
and Kanah; this Kanah is generally thought to be the same where Christ
wrought his first miracle, John 2:1. Jerom
expressly saysF21Ibid. fol. 90. B. , there was a Cana in the tribe
of Asher, where our Lord and Saviour turned water into wine, John 2:1, and from
whence was Nathanael, John 21:2; and it
is at this day, adds he, a town in Galilee of the Gentiles. PhocasF23Apud
Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 680. places Cana between Sippori and
Nazareth, which is now shown six Roman miles from Sippori to the west, a little
inclining to the north; and there is also in the same tract Cephar Cana, four
miles from Nazareth to the north, inclining to the east; and it is disputed
which of these two is Cana of Galilee the New Testament: with this account
agrees pretty much what our countryman Mr. MaundrellF24Journey from
Aleppo, &c. p. 117. gives of his travels in those parts:"taking leave
of Nazareth, (he says,) and going at first northward, we crossed the hills that
encompassed the vale of Nazareth at that side; after which we turned to the
westward, and passed in view of Cana of Galilee, the place signalized with the
beginning of Christ's miracles, John 2:11; in an
hour and a half more we came to Sepharia;'
or
Sippori:
even unto great
Zidon; of great Zidon, and why so called; see Gill on Joshua 11:8.
Joshua 19:29 29 And the border turned to
Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and
ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.
YLT
29and the border hath turned
back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back
to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib,
And then the coast turneth to Ramah,.... Which was
a city in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36; and
on the borders of Asher; though JeromF25De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.
distinguishes them, and speaks of a Ramah in Asher, and another in Naphtali, as
different cities of the same name; as there were several of this name, so
called from their being built on an eminence. Masius conjectures it is the same
with Sarepta, Luke 4:26; famous
for its wine; and Bacchus, as the poet says, loves the hills:
and to the strong city Tyre; it is thought this is
not to be understood of the famous city, so much spoken of in other parts of
Scripture, and in profane history; since, as it is observed, that is not
mentioned in Scripture until the times of David; and though Homer makes
frequent mention of Sidon, yet never of Tyre. The words signify the strong
fortress of a rock, or a fortress on a high rock; so Kimchi and Ben Melech; and
it might be a fortified city, which being built on a rock, might have the name
of Zor or Tyre, and not be the famous city of that name. JeromF26De
loc. Heb. fol. 94. B. renders it the fortified city of the Assyrians:
and the coast turneth to Hosah; of which we nowhere else
read:
and the outgoings thereof are at the sea; the
Mediterranean sea; where the coast ended this way:
from the coast to Achzib; this JeromF1Ibid.
fol. 88. I. says is Ecdippa, nine miles from Ptolemais, as you go to Tyre; and
this is confirmed by a learned traveller of our own nationF2Maundrell's
Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 53. ; it is now called Zib; See Gill on Micah 1:14.
Joshua 19:30 30 Also Ummah, Aphek, and
Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages.
YLT
30and Ummah, and Aphek, and
Rehob; twenty and two cities and their villages.
Ummah also,.... Ummah is not mentioned any where else:
and Aphek; of which; see Gill on Joshua 12:18,
and Rehob; of which; see Gill on Joshua 19:28,
twenty and two cities with their villages: there are
more set down in the account, but some of them did not belong to the tribe,
only were on the border of it.
Joshua 19:31 31 This was the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families,
these cities with their villages.
YLT
31This [is] the inheritance
of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their
villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Asher,.... As before described, a goodly heritage; it was, according to
the prediction of Jacob and Moses, Genesis 49:20; a
very fruitful country. JosephusF3Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. says,
the country from Carmel called the valley, because it was such, even all over
against Sidon, fell to the Asherites, Asher had Mount Libanus on the north,
Naphtali on the east, Zebulun on the south and southeast, the sea on the west:
according to their families; the number of them, so
their lot was divided to them:
these cities with their villages; before named.
Joshua 19:32 32 The sixth lot came out to
the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their
families.
YLT
32For the sons of Naphtali
hath the sixth lot gone out, for the sons of Naphtali, for their families;
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali,.... The tribe
of Naphtali, and directed what should be the inheritance of this tribe:
even for the
children of Naphtali, according to their families; which was to
be divided among them, according to the number of their, families.
Joshua 19:33 33 And their border began at
Heleph, enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami
Nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; it ended at the Jordan.
YLT
33and their border is from
Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum,
and its outgoings are [at] the Jordan;
And their coast was from Heleph,.... That is, their
northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at
Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum,
Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which,
though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:
from Allon to Zaanannim; or rather from the oak,
or from the plain in ZaanannimF4"Ab querceto in
Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator. ; for it seems to be
the same with the plain of Zanaaim, Judges 4:11.
and Adami, Nekeb; some make these to be but one city, and the
latter only an epithet of the former; but the TalmudistsF5T. Hieros.
Megillah, fol. 70. 1. make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and
the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not
known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, Joshua 3:16; as
some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; See Gill on Joshua 3:16,
and Jabneel; Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of
Judah, Joshua 15:11; and
is called by the JewsF6T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. since
Cepherjamah:
unto Lakum; of which we nowhere else read:
and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan; here the
coast ended this way.
Joshua 19:34 34 From Heleph the border
extended westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there toward Hukkok; it
adjoined Zebulun on the south side and Asher on the west side, and ended at
Judah by the Jordan toward the sunrise.
YLT
34and the border hath turned
back westward [to] Aznoth-Tabor, and gone out thence to Hukkok, and touched
against Zebulun on the south, and against Asher it hath touched on the west,
and against Judah [at] the Jordan, at the sun-rising;
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,.... This was
the southern border, reaching from east to west; it began at Aznothtabor, which
JeromF7De loc. Heb. fol. 88. I. says was a village in his time belonging
to the country of Diocaesarea, in the plains; there is another place called
Chislothtabor, on the borders of Zebulun, Joshua 19:12,
and goeth out from thence to Hukkok: there the southern
border ended, which was in the border of Asher, and is the same with Helkath, Joshua 19:25; with
which compare 1 Chronicles 6:75,
and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher
on the west side and to Judah upon Jordan towards the sunrising; so that as it
was bounded by Lebanon, on the north, near to which some of the cities were,
mentioned in Joshua 19:33, it
had Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Jordan to the east; for by
Judah is not meant the tribe of Judah, from which Naphtali was at a great
distance, but a city so called, as FullerF8Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 4.
p. 104. seems rightly to conjecture.
Joshua 19:35 35 And the fortified cities are
Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
YLT
35and the cities of defence
[are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
And the fenced cities are Ziddim,.... The later
name of Ziddim, according to the TalmudF9Ut supra. (T. Hieros.
Megillah, fol. 70. 1.) , was Cepharchitiya, or the village of wheat, perhaps
from the large quantity or goodness of wheat there:
Zer is called by JeromF11De loc. Heb. fol. 95. A. Sor, and
interpreted Tyre, the metropolis of Phoenicia, very wrongly, and, in the tribe
of Naphtali:
and Hammath probably was built by the youngest son of Canaan, Genesis 10:18; or
had its name in memory of him; it lay to the north of the land of Israel; see Numbers 34:8,
Rakkath, and Chinnereth; Rakkath according to the
Jewish writersF12T. Hieros. ut supra. (Megillah, fol. 70. 1.) is the
same with Tiberias, as Chinnereth with Gennesaret, from whence the lake or sea
of Tiberias, and the country and lake of Gennesaret, had their names, often
mentioned in the New Testament. Gennesaret was a most delicious and fruitful
spot, and fulfilled the prophecy of Moses, Deuteronomy 33:23;
concerning Naphtali.
Joshua 19:36 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
YLT
36and Adamah, and Ramah, and
Hazor,
And Adamah,.... Adamah is different from Adami, Joshua 19:33; and
may seem to confirm the notion of some, that Nekeb there is an epithet of it,
and so distinguishes it from Adamah here:
and Ramah; of Ramah, as there were several places of this name; see Gill on
Joshua 19:29,
and Hazor was a royal city, of which; see Gill on Joshua 11:1.
Joshua 19:37 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
YLT
37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and
En-Hazor,
And Kedesh,.... This is Kedesh in Galilee, in Mount Naphtali, to distinguish
it from others of the same name; it was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 20:7. Jerom
saysF13Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 90. B. in his day it was called
Cidissus, and was twenty miles from Tyre by Paneas; See Gill on Joshua 12:22.
and Edrei is a different place from one of that name in the kingdom of Og, Numbers 21:33,
and Enhazor, of which we read nowhere else.
Joshua 19:38 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem,
Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.
YLT
38and Iron, and Migdal-El,
Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
And Iron,.... Of Iron no mention is made elsewhere:
and Migdalel, which Jerom calls Magdiel, he saysF13De
loc. Heb. fol. 93. L. was shown a small village, five miles from Dara, as you
go to Ptolemais:
and Horem is not mentioned anywhere elsewhere;
and Bethanath; Jerom also relatesF14Ibid. fol.
89. H. , that Bathana, in the tribe of Naphtali, was a village that went by the
name of Betbanes, fifteen miles from Caesarea:
and Bethshemesh was another city, in which was a temple
dedicated to the sun, when inhabited by the Canaanites; see Joshua 19:22; and
so in Bethanath there might be a temple dedicated to some deity, though now
uncertain what:
nineteen cities with their villages; there are more
mentioned, but some of them might be only boundaries, and so belonged to
another tribe.
Joshua 19:39 39 This was the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their
families, the cities and their villages.
YLT
39This [is] the inheritance
of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, for their families, the cities and their
villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali,.... Which
JosephusF15Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. thus describes;"the
country to the east, as far as Damascus the city, and upper Galilee, the
Naphtalites took, unto Mount Lebanon, and the fountains of Jordan, which flow
out of the mount, reaching the northern border of the city Arce:"
according to their families; which was divided among
them, according to the number of their families:
the cities and their villages; before enumerated.
Joshua 19:40 40 The seventh lot came out
for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
YLT
40For the tribe of the sons
of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out;
And the seventh lot came out
for the tribe of the children of Dan,.... Which was the last
lot drawn, and which appointed an inheritance to this tribe:
according to their families; the number of them.
Joshua 19:41 41 And the territory of their
inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
YLT
41and the border of their
inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh,
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,.... The tribe
of Dan is not described by places the boundaries of it, as other tribes, but by
its cities, which were chiefly, at least several of them, taken out of the
tribe of Judah, as the two first of these most manifestly were; See Gill on Joshua 15:33,
and Irshemesh signifies the city of the sun, as the Targum
interprets it, and was so called very probably from a temple in it, dedicated
to the idolatrous worship of the sun, but a different place from Bethshemesh in
other tribes; though those of that name, as this, had it for the like reason;
and so Heliopolis, in Egypt, which signifies the same, where was a temple of
the same kind; as there was another city of this name, between the mountains of
Libanus and Antilibanus, now called BalbecF16See Maundrell's Journey
from Aleppo, &c. p. 120, 138. , where the ruins of the temple are yet to be
seen: but this was a different place, the Septuagint version calls it Sammaus,
and it was, according to JeromF17Comment. in Ezek. xlviii. fol. 263.
A. , the same with Emmaus, afterwards called Nicopolis; which, if the same
Emmaus with that in Luke 24:13; though
some doubt it, was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, or seven miles and a half.
Joshua 19:42 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon,
Jethlah,
YLT
42and Shalabbin, and Aijalon,
and Jethlah,
And Shaalabbin,.... The first of these is the same with
Shaalbim, Judges 1:35; and
which JeromF18De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K. calls Selab, in the tribe of
Dan; and which he says was in his day shown a large village on the borders of
Sebaste, by the name of Selaba.
and Ajalon is famous for the standing still of the moon in its valley while
Joshua pursued his enemies; see Gill on Joshua 10:12,
and Jethlah, of which we read nowhere else.
Joshua 19:43 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
YLT
43and Elon, and Thimnathah,
and Ekron,
And Elon,.... Of Elon no mention is made elsewhere:
and Thimnathah is a different place from Timnah in the
tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:10. JeromF19De
loc. Heb. fol. 88. E. speaks of the Thamnitic country, so called from the
village Thamna, which seems to be this:
and Ekron was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, and never
possessed by the Israelites; it first fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, and
afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 15:45.
Joshua 19:44 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
Baalath,
YLT
44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon,
and Baalath,
And Eltekeh,.... Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites, Joshua 21:23; and
supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the
Danites, Joshua 15:59,
and Gibbethon was in the hands of the Philistines in the
reign of Asa, 1 Kings 15:21; and
in the same place JeromF20De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C. calls Gabatha a
city of the strangers, or Philistines; and which lie places near Bethlehem in
the tribe of Judah:
and Baalath is not the same with Baalah, Joshua 15:29; but
the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, 1 Kings 9:18;
called by JosephusF21Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 1. Baleth, and spoken
of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines; of these two last
cities, the TalmudistsF23T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3. say that
their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.
Joshua 19:45 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath
Rimmon,
YLT
45and Jehud, and Bene-Barak,
and Gath-Rimmon,
And Jehud,.... Of Jehud no mention is made elsewhere:
and Beneberak signifies sons of lightning; see Mark 3:17. JeromF24De
loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. speaks of tills as the name of two places, Bane in the
tribe of Dan, and Barach in the same tribe, and which was in his day near
Azotus. This place was famous in later times among the Jews for being a place
where one of their noted Rabbins, R. Akiba, abode and taught for some timeF25T.
Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 32. 2. :
and Gathrimmon was in Jerom'sF26De loc. Heb.
fol. 92. C. time a very large village, twelve miles from Diospolis, or Lydda,
as you go from Eleutheropolis to it; it was a city given to the Levites, Joshua 21:24.
Joshua 19:46 46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon,
with the region near Joppa.
YLT
46and Me-Jarkon, and Rakkon,
with the border over-against Japho.
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon,.... Of the two first of
these we read no where else.
with the border before Japho; Japho is the same with
Joppa, now called at this day Jaffa, a port in the Mediterranean sea, famous
for being the place where Jonah took shipping; see Gill on Jonah 1:3; and
where the Apostle Peter resided some time; see Gill on Acts 9:36; and See
Gill on Acts 9:38. It is
not certain whether Joppa itself was in the tribe of Dan, or only on the
borders of it; the coast of Dan reached "over against" it, as it may
be rendered, and included the villages and little cities that were near it; for
such there were, as JosephusF2De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 4.
testifies.
Joshua 19:47 47 And the border of the
children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight
against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took
possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of
Dan their father.
YLT
47And the border of the sons
of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem,
and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and
dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father.
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little
for them,.... Being a very numerous tribe, the cities allotted them were
not sufficient for them; or rather, leaving out the supplement "too little",
the words will run, it "went out from them"; they lost part of it,
being driven out of the valley into the mountain by the Amorites, Judges 1:34; which
obliged them to seek out elsewhere for habitations:
therefore the children of Dan went out to fight against Leshem; called Laish,
Judges 18:1, where
the whole story is related of their lighting against this place and taking it;
which, though some time after the death of Joshua, is here recorded to give at
once an account of the inheritance of Dan; and which is no argument against
Joshua's being the writer of this book, as is urged; since it might be inserted
by another hand, Ezra, or some other inspired man, for the reason before given:
and took and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it,
and dwelt therein; being a Canaanitish city, they put all in
it to the sword, as the Lord had commanded, and took possession of it for an
habitation:
and called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their father; this is the
place which is always meant, where the phrase is used "from Dan to
Beersheba", Judges 20:1, this
being at the utmost northern border of the land of Canaan, as Beersheba was at
the further part of the southern coast of it. It was, according to JeromF3De
loc. Heb. fol. 93. A. , situated near Paneas, out of which the river Jordan
flowed; and Kimchi on the text observes, their RabbinsF4T. Bab.
Megillah, fol. 6. 1. & Bava Bathra, fol. 74. 2. say, that Leshem is Pamias
(i.e. Paneas), and that Jordan flows from the cave of Pamias, and had its name שיודד מדן because it descended
from Dan; and so JosephusF5Antiqu. l. 15. c. 10. sect. 3. De Bello
Jud. l. 1. c. 21. sect. 3. & l. 3. c. 9. sect. 7. says, that Panium is a
cave under a mountain, from whence rise the springs of Jordan, and is the
fountain of it; and Pliny also saysF6Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 15. , the
river Jordan rises out of the fountain Paneas. This city was enlarged and
beautified by Philip Herod, and he called it by the name of Caesarea Philippi,
both in honour of Tiberius CaesarF7Joseph. Antiqu. l. 18. c. 2.
sect. 1. and after his own name, by which name it goes in Matthew 16:13; and
is called in the Jerusalem Targum on Genesis 14:14, Dan
of Caesarea.
Joshua 19:48 48 This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families,
these cities with their villages.
YLT
48This [is] the inheritance
of the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, these cities and their
villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan,.... Before
described by its cities, which were in it. This tribe was bounded by Ephraim on
the north, by Judah on the east, by Simeon on the south, and by the
Mediterranean sea on the west. JosephusF8Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect.
22. says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded
by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the
mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins:
according to their families; which inheritance was
distributed according to the number of their families:
their cities with their villages; before named.
Joshua 19:49 49 When they had made an end
of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children
of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.
YLT
49And they finish to give the
land in inheritance, by its borders, and the sons of Israel give an inheritance
to Joshua son of Nun in their midst;
And when they made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by
their coasts,.... That is, Eleazar, Joshua, and the ten men appointed for
this, purpose; when all the lots were drawn, and the several inheritances which
came up to them were divided among the families of the respective tribes, this
work being finished:
the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun among them; most interpreters observe the modesty of Joshua, that though the
oldest and the greatest man in the nation, the chief governor, yet had his
inheritance last of all; nor did he take any part to himself, it was given to
him by the people, who had the whole land divided among them; in which he was a
type of Christ; see 2 Corinthians 8:9 Philemon 2:6.
Joshua 19:50 50 According to the word of
the Lord
they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of
Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in it.
YLT
50by the command of Jehovah
they have given to him the city which he asked, Timnath-Serah, in the
hill-country of Ephraim, and he buildeth the city and dwelleth in it.
According to the word of the Lord,.... Or mouth of the
Lord; either according to the oracle of Urim and Thummim, which Eleazar consulted
on this occasion; or according to what the Lord had said to Moses, at the same
time that Hebron was ordered to Caleb, Joshua 14:6; and
they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in
Mount Ephraim; he chose a place in his own tribe, for he was of the tribe of
Ephraim; and it seems that what he chose was none of the best of places; for
Paula, as JeromF9Epitaph. Paulae, fol. 59. L. relates, when she
travelled into those parts, wondered that the distributor of the possessions of
the children of Israel should choose such a rough and mountainous place for
himself; of its situation, see Joshua 24:30,
and he built the city, and dwelt therein; he rebuilt
it, and fitted it for his own habitation, and for those that belonged to him.
(Timnathserah means "an abundant portion" or "a place in the
sun". Joshua great reward was in seeing the promises of God fulfilled
before his very eyes Joshua 21:45 and
the children of Israel serving the Lord's during his lifetime Joshua 24:31.
Joshua may have received but a small inheritance in the promised land but this
was just an earnest of his future glorious inheritance in eternity. The saints
of God have the best portion saved for the last John 2:10 whereas
the worldling has his best portion now; his worst is yet to come. Editor.)
Joshua 19:51 51 These were the
inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of
the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance
by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the
tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country.
YLT
51These [are] the
inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of
the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, have caused to inherit by lot,
in Shiloh, before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting; and they
finish to apportion the land.
These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun,.... The one the high priest, and the other the chief governor of
the nation:
and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel; the princes appointed for this service, whose names are given Numbers 34:18; the
inheritances before described in the preceding chapters by their boundaries and
cities, these the said persons
divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh; and so has
particular reference to the seven lots drawn there for seven of the tribes, by
which their inheritances were assigned to them: and this was done
before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; see Joshua 18:1,
so they made an end of dividing the country; though it was
not as yet wholly subdued.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)