and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, They were givenThis phrase indicates the allocation of land to the tribe of Simeon. In the Hebrew context, the verb used here is "נָתַן" (natan), meaning "to give" or "to grant." This reflects the divine distribution of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel, emphasizing God's sovereignty and faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The land was not merely a possession but a divine inheritance, a gift from God to His people, signifying His covenant relationship with them. Beersheba
Beersheba, meaning "well of the oath" or "well of seven," is a significant location in biblical history. It is often associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac, who both made covenants there (Genesis 21:31, 26:33). Archaeologically, Beersheba is one of the southernmost cities of ancient Israel, marking the boundary of the land. It symbolizes a place of divine encounter and covenant, reminding the Israelites of God's enduring promises and the importance of faithfulness to His commands. or Sheba
The mention of "Sheba" alongside Beersheba may indicate a textual variant or a reference to a nearby location. In some biblical manuscripts, Sheba is considered a separate entity, while in others, it is synonymous with Beersheba. This duality highlights the complexity and richness of biblical geography and the transmission of ancient texts. It serves as a reminder of the meticulous care with which the Scriptures have been preserved and the importance of understanding the historical and textual context of biblical passages. Moladah
Moladah, meaning "birth" or "generation," is another city allocated to the tribe of Simeon. It is located in the Negev region, south of Judah. Historically, Moladah was a part of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah before being given to Simeon, as noted in Joshua 15:26. This transfer of land underscores the interconnectedness of the tribes of Israel and the fluidity of territorial boundaries in response to divine direction. Moladah's inclusion in the Simeonite inheritance reflects God's provision and the fulfillment of His promises to all the tribes of Israel, ensuring that each had a place within the Promised Land. Persons / Places / Events 1. BeershebaA significant city in the southern part of ancient Israel, often associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac. It served as a boundary marker for the land of Israel, often mentioned in the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba." 2. ShebaThis could be a reference to a location or a variant name for Beersheba. The text suggests a possible overlap or dual naming of the same place. 3. MoladahA town in the Negev region, allotted to the tribe of Simeon. It is mentioned in several Old Testament passages as part of the inheritance of the tribes of Israel. Teaching Points The Importance of InheritanceThe allocation of land to the tribes of Israel, including Simeon, underscores the fulfillment of God's promises. Believers today can reflect on the spiritual inheritance we have in Christ and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling His promises. Significance of Place NamesUnderstanding the historical and spiritual significance of biblical locations can deepen our appreciation of God's work throughout history. Beersheba, as a place of covenant, reminds us of the importance of our commitments to God and others. God's Faithfulness in DetailsThe specific mention of towns and their allocation to tribes highlights God's attention to detail and His care for His people. This encourages believers to trust in God's provision and guidance in every aspect of life. Bible Study Questions 1. What is the significance of Beersheba in the broader account of the Bible, and how does it relate to God's promises to the patriarchs? 2. How does the allocation of land to the tribe of Simeon reflect God's faithfulness to His covenant with Israel? 3. In what ways can understanding the historical context of biblical locations like Moladah enhance our study of Scripture? 4. How can the concept of inheritance in Joshua 19:2 inspire us to reflect on our spiritual inheritance in Christ? 5. What lessons can we learn from the detailed distribution of land in Joshua about God's care and provision for His people today? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 21:31This verse recounts the naming of Beersheba by Abraham after making a covenant with Abimelech. It highlights the historical and spiritual significance of Beersheba as a place of oath and covenant. 1 Chronicles 4:28This passage lists the towns belonging to the tribe of Simeon, including Beersheba and Moladah, reinforcing their inheritance and settlement in these areas. 1 Kings 19:3Elijah's journey to Beersheba underscores its role as a place of refuge and transition, illustrating its continued importance throughout Israel's history. People Allon, Anath, Asher, Dagon, Dan, Danites, Eleazar, Elon, Heleb, Hepher, Hosah, Israelites, Issachar, Japhia, Jezreel, Joshua, Naphtali, Nun, Rehob, Serah, Shema, Shimron, Shual, Simeon, Simeonites, Timnah, Zebulun, ZidonPlaces Achshaph, Achzib, Adami-nekeb, Aijalon, Ain, Allammelech, Amad, Anaharath, Aphek, Ashan, Aznoth-tabor, Baalath, Baalath-beer, Balah, Beersheba, Bene-berak, Beten, Beth-anath, Beth-dagan, Beth-emek, Beth-lebaoth, Bethlehem, Beth-marcaboth, Beth-pazzez, Beth-shemesh, Bethul, Cabul, Carmel, Chesulloth, Chinnereth, Chisloth-tabor, Dabbesheth, Daberath, Dan, Ebez, Ebron, Edrei, Ekron, Elon, Eltekeh, Eltolad, En-gannim, En-haddah, Eshtaol, Ether, Ezem, Gath-hepher, Gath-rimmon, Gibbethon, Gibeah, Hali, Hammath, Hammon, Hannathon, Hapharaim, Hazar-shual, Hazar-susah, Hazor, Heleph, Helkath, Horem, Hormah, Hosah, Hukkok, Idalah, Ir-shemesh, Ithlah, Jabneel, Japhia, Jehud, Jezreel, Jokneam, Joppa, Jordan River, Kanah, Kattath, Kedesh, Kishion, Lakkum, Leshem, Mahalab, Me-jarkon, Migdal-el, Mishal, Moladah, Nahalal, Neah, Negeb, Neiel, Rabbith, Rakkath, Rakkon, Ramah, Rehob, Remeth, Rimmon, Sarid, Shaalabbin, Shahazumah, Sharuhen, Sheba, Shiloh, Shimron, Shion, Shunem, Sidon the Great, Tabor, Timnah, Timnath-serah, Tyre, Ummah, Valley of Iphtahel, Yiron, Zaanannim, Zer, Ziddim, Ziklag, ZorahTopics Beersheba, Beer-sheba, Heritage, Inheritance, Moladah, Mola'dah, Sheba, ShemaDictionary of Bible Themes Joshua 19:1-47 7266 tribes of Israel Joshua 19:1-48 5235 boundary Library Tiberias.
All the Jews declare, almost with one consent, that this was a fortified city from ancient times, even from the days of Joshua, and was the same with Rakkath, of which mention is made, Joshua 19:35. "Rakkath is Tiberias," say the Jerusalem Gemarists. And those of Babylon say the same, and that more largely: "It is clear to us that Rakkath is Tiberias." And when, after a few lines, this of Rabbi Jochanan was objected, "When I was a boy, I said a certain thing, concerning which I asked the elders, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and HebraicaChammath. Ammaus. The Warm Baths of Tiberias.
Chammath and Rakkath are joined together, Joshua 19:35. For they were very neighbouring cities; Rakkath is Tiberias,--and Chammath, the town Ammaus, in Josephus. Of their neighbourhood, the Jerusalem Talmudists write thus: "The men of a great city may walk" (on the sabbath) "through a whole small city" (which was within a sabbath-day's journey); "but the inhabitants of a small city walk not through a whole great city." And then follows, "Formerly the men of Tiberias walked through all Chammath; but …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Some Other Towns Near Tiberias. Beth-Meon. Caphar Chittaia. Paltathah.
Among the towns, neighbouring upon Tiberias, Tarichee is especially commemorated in Josephus, a city thirty furlongs distant from Tiberias: you will find in him the history and mention of it very frequent. In the Talmudists we meet with other names also. I. Beth-Meon. "The men of Tiberias, who went up to Beth-Meon to be hired for workmen, were hired according to the custom of Beth-Meon: the men of Beth-Meon, who went down to Tiberias to be hired, were hired according to the custom of Tiberias." This …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Eastern Wise-Men, or Magi, visit Jesus, the New-Born King.
(Jerusalem and Bethlehem, b.c. 4.) ^A Matt. II. 1-12. ^a 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem [It lies five miles south by west of Jerusalem, a little to the east of the road to Hebron. It occupies part of the summit and sides of a narrow limestone ridge which shoots out eastward from the central chains of the Judæan mountains, and breaks down abruptly into deep valleys on the north, south, and east. Its old name, Ephrath, meant "the fruitful." Bethlehem means "house of bread." Its modern …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Within what Tribe the Lake of Gennesaret Was.
By comparing the maps with the Talmudic writers, this question ariseth: for there is not one among them, as far as I know, which does not altogether define the sea of Gennesaret to be without the tribe of Naphthali; but the Talmudists do most plainly place it within. "The Rabbins deliver: The sea of Tiberias is in the portion of Naphtali; yea, it takes a full line for the nets on the south side of it: as it is said, 'Possess the sea and the south,' Deuteronomy 33:23." The Gloss is; "(Naphtali) had …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The First Sign --The Marriage in Cana.
"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two …
Marcus Dods—The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah
"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim.
"From Beth-horon to Emmaus it was hilly."--It was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.--"To eight hundred only, dismissed the army, (Vespasian) gave a place, called Ammaus, for them to inhabit: it is sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem." I inquire, whether this word hath the same etymology with Emmaus near Tiberias, which, from the 'warm baths,' was called Chammath. The Jews certainly do write this otherwise... "The family (say they) of Beth-Pegarim, and Beth Zipperia was out of Emmaus."--The …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him.
(Sea of Galilee, Near Capernaum.) ^A Matt. IV. 18-22; ^B Mark I. 16-20; ^C Luke V. 1-11. ^a 18 And walking ^b 16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee [This lake is a pear-shaped body of water, about twelve and a half miles long and about seven miles across at its widest place. It is 682 feet below sea level; its waters are fresh, clear and abounding in fish, and it is surrounded by hills and mountains, which rise from 600 to 1,000 feet above it. Its greatest depth is about 165 feet], he [Jesus] …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision D. The Transfiguration. Concerning Elijah. (a Spur of Hermon, Near Cæsarea Philippi.) ^A Matt. XVII. 1-13; ^B Mark IX. 2-13; ^C Luke IX. 28-36. ^c 28 And it came to pass about eight days { ^a six days} ^c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
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