Chapter 19
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.
second lot
within the
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
Beer-sheba, Sheba, and Moladah
15:28 Genesis 21:31 1 Chronicles 4:28-30
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel
And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
Hazar-shual
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
Eltolad
Hormah
And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
Ziklag
Hazar-susah
Hazar-susim
Verse 6
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Beth-lebaoth
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
Ain
Remmon
Numbers 33:19,20 1 Chronicles 4:32
Rimmon
Ether.
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.
Baalath-beer
Ramath
Ramoth
Verse 9
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.
too much
Exodus 16:18 2 Corinthians 8:14,15
therefore
Verse 10
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
third
Zebulun
Genesis 49:13 Deuteronomy 33:18,19
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
the river
The river Kishon, which empties itself into the Mediterranean near mount Carmel, in the vicinity of which Jokneam was situated.
Jokneam
12:22 1 Kings 4:12 1 Chronicles 6:68
Jokmeam
Verse 12
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 DiocÊsarea.
Daberath
Josephus, who calls this town Dabaritta, or Darabitta, places it in the plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, on the confines of Samaria and Galilee. It is probably the Dabira which Jerome place towards amount Tabor, in the district of DiocÊsarea; and the Debora or Daboura, mentioned by travellers as a village at the foot of mount Tabor.
Dabareh
Japhia
Probably Japha, 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 DiocÊsarea, towards Tiberias.
Gath-hepher
methoar. or, which is drawn.
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Kattath, etc
Nahalol
Shimron.
Beth-lehem
Ruth 1:19 2 Samuel 23:15 2 Chronicles 11:6
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Jezreel
1 Kings 21:1,15,16 2 Kings 8:29 9:15,30 Hosea 1:4,5
Chesulloth
Probably the same as Chisloth-tabor.
Shunem
1 Samuel 28:4 1 Kings 1:3 2:17,21 2 Kings 4:8,12
And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
Hapharaim
A town called Aiphraim, in the time of Eusebius, six miles north of Legio.
Shihon
A town called Seon by Eusebius, at the foot of mount Tabor.
And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
En-gannim
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Tabor
12 Judges 4:6 1 Chronicles 6:77 Jeremiah 46:18
Beth-shemesh
38 21:16 1 Samuel 6:9-19 1 Kings 4:9 2 Kings 14:11-13
And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Helkath
Beten
Probably the same as Bebeten or Batnai, mentioned by Eusebius, eight miles east from Ptolemais; and perhaps the Ecbatana which Pliny places not far from Ptolemais.
Achshaph
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
Misheal
Situated, according to Eusebius, near mount Carmel, on the sea coast.
Marshal
Carmel.
1 Samuel 15:12 1 Kings 18:20,42 Song of Solomon 7:5 Isaiah 33:9 35:2 37:24 Jeremiah 46:18
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
Zebulun
Situated on the sea coast, near Ptolemais.
valley
Cabul
Supposed to be the same town which Josephus calls [Choboulo] and which he says was situated near the sea side, near Ptolemais.
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
Rehob
Kanah
This seems a different Cana from that in Lower Galilee; and to be that which is placed in some maps east of Tyre, between Libanus and Antilibanus, and south of the river Cassimer, or Leitani.
Cana
great.
11:8 Judges 1:31 Isaiah 23:2,4,12
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:
Ramah
Probably the Rama mentioned by Theodoret as a city of Syria; and placed in some maps between Sarepta and Sidon, eastward, near Lebanon.
Tyre
Heb. Tzor.
2 Samuel 5:11 Isaiah 23:1-18 Ezekiel 26:1-28
Achzib
Genesis 38:5 Judges 1:31 Micah 1:14
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
Aphek
12:18 13:4 1 Samuel 4:1 1 Kings 20:30
Rehob
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Genesis 49:20 Deuteronomy 33:24,25
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
Zaanannim
Zaanaim
Verse 34
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
Aznoth-tabor
Apparently the same as Azanoth, which Eusebius places in the plain not far from DiocÊsarea or Sephoris.
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,
Hammath
Genesis 10:18 Numbers 13:21 34:8 34:8 1 Kings 8:65
Hamath
Chinnereth.
Chinneroth
Gennesaret
Verse 36
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Hazor
And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
Kedesh
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Beth-anath
Eusebius mentions a town of the name of [Batanaian] fifteen miles from CÊsarea. (DiocÊsarea or Sephoris probably.)
Beth-shemesh
Verse 41
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
Zorah
Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles north from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar Sorek.
Zoreah
Judges 13:2,25 16:31 18:2 1 Chronicles 2:53 2 Chronicles 11:10
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. 21:16.) Ir-shemesh rendered [polis Sammaus] by the LXX., seems to be the same as Emmaus or Nicopolis, 22 miles south-east from Lydda, according to the Old Jerusalem Itinerary.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Shaalabbin
Eusebius calls it [Salaba] and places it in Samaria: and Jerome calls it Salebi, (Eze 48,) and joins it to Ajalon and Emmaus.
Shaalbim
Ajalon. This appears to be the Ajalon which Jerome places two miles from Nicopolis or Emmaus, in the road to Jerusalem.
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Thimnathah
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.
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
Gibbethon
Baalath
And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
Gath-rimmon
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
before
or, over against. Japho. or, Joppa.
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.
the coast
called Leshem
Laish
Verse 49
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:
gave
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.
Timnath-serah
Timnath-heres
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.
These are
14:1 Numbers 34:17-29 Psalms 47:3,4 Matthew 20:23 25:34 John 14:2,3 17:2 Hebrews 4:8,9
in Shiloh
18:1,10 Genesis 49:10 Judges 21:19,21 1 Samuel 1:3 Psalms 78:60 Jeremiah 7:12-14