Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
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Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
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And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
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and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities with their villages.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Joshua 19:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 11:1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
- Joshua 12:20 the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Joshua 21:34-35 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands, Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
- Judges 1:30 Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.
- Ruth 1:19 So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
- 2 Samuel 23:15 David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
- 2 Chronicles 11:6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain There was another Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah.
There was another Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Bethlehem; not that where Christ was born, which was…
Bethlehem; not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, thence called
Bethlehem Judah, Mat 2:1, but another.
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Twelve cities: there are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, having villages under their jurisdiction; or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes, which is evident of some of them, and may well be presumed of others.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun,…
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, Jos 21:34.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Beth-lehem - Not that where Christ was born, which…
Beth-lehem - Not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, but another. Twelve cities - There are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Shimron] See Clarke on Jos 12:20.
Verse 15. Shimron] See Clarke on Jos 12:20.
Beth-lehem] The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 19:15. Beth-lehem — Not that where Christ was…
Jos 19:15. Beth-lehem — Not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, but another. Twelve cities — They are more numerous here, but the rest either were not cities, properly so called, or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and…
Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely of points in or near the boundary line. It would therefore appear that seven names have disappeared from the text, and perhaps also the definition of the western frontier.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bethlehem, very different from that of Juda. --- Twelve.…
Bethlehem, very different from that of Juda. --- Twelve. Nineteen are mentioned, but some of them belong to other tribes, (Calmet) or were not properly cities. (Menochius) --- All the towns of Zabulon are not specified. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Beth-lehem is the only one of the five…
15. Beth-lehem is the only one of the five cities named in this verse which has been with any certainty identified. Dr. Robinson found it about six miles west of Nazareth, still bearing the name Beit-lahm, but only a miserable village, with no traces of antiquity except the name. This verse seems to be only a fragment of the list of cities belonging to Zebulun; a supposition confirmed by the mention of twelve cities when only five are named. Even if we suppose that all the border cities named are counted, we meet with as great a difficulty, for then we have at least sixteen cities named. We may appropriately say with Keil: “From all that has been hitherto ascertained, we can merely decide respecting the inheritance of Zebulun that it comprised the western half of the plain of Esdraelon, between Jokneam and Tabor, and extended to the mountains of Galilee.”]
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. and Kattath] The account of the cities here…
15. and Kattath] The account of the cities here appears to be imperfect. We have only the names of five cities given, though there are said to have been “twelve cities and their villages.” There is nothing to which the list of terms here given, introduced by and, can be attached.
Kattath] This also has been supposed to be “Cana of Galilee.”
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Nahallal, Shimron (ch. Jos_11:1), Idalah, are all as yet unknown.
Beth-lehem] This Beth-lehem in Zebulun is not to be confounded with Beth-lehem Ephratah in Judah (Gen_35:19).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Nahallal.—(‘Ain Mahil, sheet 6).
(15) Nahallal.—(‘Ain Mahil, sheet 6).
Shimron.—(Simûmieh, west of Nazareth, sheet 5).
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Idalah.—(El Huwârah, a ruin just south of Bethlehem, sheet 5).
Beth-lehem.—(Beit-Lahm, sheet v.). It seems right to refer Ibzan of Bethlehem (Jdg_12:8; Jdg_12:10) to this town. The other Bethlehem is called in Judges and Ruth, Bethlehem-Judah; and in Micah, Bethlehem-Ephratah (Jdg_17:7; Jdg_19:1; Rth_1:1; Mic_5:2). Bethlehem-Judah is designated Bethlehem only when it is impossible to mistake it for Bethlehem of Zebulun (e.g., Rth_1:19, and 1Sa_16:4).
Twelve cities.—Ittah-kazin, Neah, Dabbasheth, and Kattath have not been identified, and they may not all be names of towns.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Beth-lehem. This name, signifying the "house of bread," would…
Beth-lehem. This name, signifying the "house of bread," would naturally enough be given to a place in a fertile situation. We are not to suppose that it was "Bethlehem-Ephratah, among the thousands of Jadah". (Mic_5:2) It is now Beit-lahm, about eight miles in a westerly direction from Nazareth.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 19:15 This Bethlehem was not the birthplace of David…
19:15 This Bethlehem was not the birthplace of David and Jesus in Judah. • More than twelve towns are named; some apparently did not belong to Zebulun but were on its borders.
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