Joshua 19
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And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

Chisloth-tabor Called Chasalus by Eusebius and Jerome, and placed at the foot of mount Tabor, eight miles east of Diocaesarea

Joshua 19:22 And the coast reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; …

Judges 4:6,12 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, …

Psalm 89:12 The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall …

Daberath Josephus, who calls this town Dabaritta, or Darabitta, places it in the plain of Jezreel, of Esdraelon, on the confines of Samaria and Galilee. It is probably the Dabira which Jerome place towards amount Tabor, in the district of Diocaesarea; and the Debora or Daboura, mentioned by travellers as a village at the foot of mount Tabor.

Joshua 21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh …

Dabareh

1 Chronicles 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath …

Japhia Probably Jopha, a city of Galilee, near Jotapata, mentioned by Josephus.

And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;

Gittah-hepher Placed by Jerome two miles from Sephoris, or Diocaesarea, towards Tiberias.

2 Kings 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the …

Gath-hepher
methoar. or, which is drawn.

And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,

Hapharaim A town called Aiphraim, in the time Eusebius, six miles north of Legio.

Shimon A town called Seon by Eusebius, at the foot of mount Tabor

And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

The lot Asher lay upon the coast of the great sea. We read of only one remarkable person of this tribe, and that was Anna, the prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, a widow of about four-score and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 2:26-38 And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not …

And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

Helkath

2 Samuel 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his …

Beten Probably the same as Bebten or Batnai, mentioned by Eusebius, eight miles east from Ptolemais; and perhaps the Ecbatans which Pliny places not far from Ptolemais.

Achshaph

Joshua 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, …

Joshua 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

Beth-dagon

1 Samuel 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the …

Zebulun Situated on the sea coast, near Ptolemais.

valley

Joshua 19:14 And the border compasses it on the north side to Hannathon: and the …

Cabul
Supposed to be the same town which Josephus calls (), and which he says was situated near the sea side, near Ptolemais

1 Kings 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? …

And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

turneth

Deuteronomy 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full …

Aznoth-tabor Apparently the same as Azanoth, which Eusebius places in the plain not far from Diocaesarea or Sephoris.

Joshua 19:12,22 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rise to the border …

Judah As it is certain that the tribe of Naphtali did not border upon that of Judah, there being several tribes between, we should probably omit Judah, with the Septuagint; though it may have been a town so called.

And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

Beth-anath Eusebius mentions a town of the name of (), fifteen miles from Caesarea. (Diocaesarea or Sephoris probably.)

Beth-shemesh

Joshua 19:22 And the coast reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; …

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

Zorah Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar Sorek.

Joshua 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

Zoreah

Judges 13:2,25 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, …

Judges 16:31 Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and …

Judges 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their …

1 Chronicles 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, …

2 Chronicles 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin …

Irshemesh Supposed by some to be the same as Beth-shemesh in the tribe of Judah; but this latter city is evidently distinguished from it by being assigned by the tribe of Judah to the Levites (ch

Joshua 21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh …

Ir-shemesh rendered () by the LXX., seems to be the same as Emmaus or Nicopolis,

And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

Thimnathah

Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and …

Judges 14:1,2 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the …

Timnath
Ekron Ekron is placed by Eusebius between Ashdod and Jamnia, eastward; and probably the ruined village of Tookrair, mentioned by Dr. Richarson, situated on the top of a hill, and which he says seems to have been a place of considerable consequence, occupies its site.

Joshua 15:45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:

1 Samuel 5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, …

Amos 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds …

And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

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When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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