The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath. It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand, and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon. The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib; Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-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.
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The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.
It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand,
and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.
The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of Achzib;
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-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.
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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,
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
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.
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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;
and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.
And it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun and to the valley of Iphtahel northward at Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.
And the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea from Hebel 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.
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- Judges 1:31 (vv28–29) Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor…
- 1 Kings 9:13 (v27) He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the land of Cabul to this day.
- Joshua 11:8 (v28) Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the…
- 2 Samuel 5:11 (v29) Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
- 1 Kings 18:20 (v26) So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
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- 1 Kings 18:42 (v26) So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between…
- Song of Solomon 7:5 (v26) Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
- Isaiah 33:9 (v26) The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
- Genesis 10:19 (v28) The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.
- Genesis 38:5 (v29) She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
- Genesis 49:20 (v31) “Asher’s food will be rich. He will produce royal dainties.
- Numbers 13:11 (v30) Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
- Deuteronomy 33:24-25 (v31) About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars will be…
- Joshua 11:1 (v25) 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 12:18 (v30) the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
- Joshua 12:20 (v25) the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Joshua 13:4 (v30) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
- Joshua 19:28 (v30) and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.
- Joshua 21:30 (v26) Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
- Joshua 21:31 (v30) Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 (v30) The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the…
- 1 Samuel 5:2 (v27) The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
- 1 Samuel 15:12 (v26) Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for…
- 2 Samuel 2:16 (v25) They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place in…
- 1 Kings 20:30 (v30) But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the…
- 1 Chronicles 6:74 (v26) and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
- Isaiah 23:1-18 (v29) The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim…
- Isaiah 23:2 (v28) Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea, have replenished.
- Isaiah 23:4 (v28) Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I…
- Isaiah 23:12 (v28) He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”
- Isaiah 35:2 (v26) It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and…
- Isaiah 37:24 (v26) By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the…
- Jeremiah 46:18 (v26) “As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will…
- Ezekiel 26:1-21 (v29) In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem,…
- Micah 1:14 (v29) Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
- Luke 2:26-38 (v24) It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. He came in the Spirit…
- John 2:1 (v28) The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.
- John 2:11 (v28) This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
- John 4:46 (v28) Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv27, 29 Joineth to the tribe of Zebulun, which lay more…
Joineth to the tribe of Zebulun, which lay more Eastward.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv28–29 Jos 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and…
Jos 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, [even] unto great Zidon;
Ver. 28. Unto great Zidon.] See Jos 11:8.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv25–30 Their border, on the north-west side.
Their border, on the north-west side.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v24 The lot of Asher lay upon the coast of…
The lot of Asher lay upon the coast of the great sea. We read not of any famous person of this tribe but Anna the prophetess, who was a constant resident in the temple at the time of our Saviour's birth, Luk 2:36. Nor were there many famous places in this tribe. Aphek (mentioned Jos 19:30) was the place near which Benhadad was beaten by Ahad, Kg1 20:30. But close adjoining to this tribe were the celebrated sea-port towns of Tyre and Sidon, which we read so much of. Tyre is called here that strong city (Jos 19:29), but Bishop Patrick thinks it was not the same Tyre that we read of afterwards, for that was built on an island; this old strong city was on the continent. And it is conjectured by some that into these two strong-holds, Sidon and Tzor, or Tyre, many of the people of Canaan fled and took shelter when Joshua invaded them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv24–31 And their border was Helkath,.... Helkath seems to be…
And their border was Helkath,.... Helkath seems to be the same with Hukok, Ch1 6:75; and according to Masius it lay ten or twelve miles above Ptolemais:
and Hali, of which we read nowhere else.
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and Beten is by Jerom (h) called Bathne, and was in his time a village by the name of Bethebem, eight miles from Ptolemais to the east. Reland (i) seems to think it might be the Ecbatana of Pliny (k), 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 Jos 11:1.
(h) De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. (i) Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 617. (k) Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv26–30 Carmel west-ward - Or, Carmel by the sea, to…
Carmel west-ward - Or, Carmel by the sea, to distinguish it from Carmel in the tribe of Judah. This was a place of eminent fruitfulness, agreeable to the prophecy concerning Asher, Gen. xlix, 20.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv26–30 Verse 26. Carmel] The vineyard of God; a place…
Verse 26. Carmel] The vineyard of God; a place greatly celebrated in Scripture, and especially for the miracles of Elijah; see 1Kg 18:19-40. The mountain of Carmel was so very fruitful as to pass into a proverb. There was another Carmel in the tribe of Judah, (see Jos 15:55), but this, in the tribe of Asher, was situated about one hundred and twenty furlongs south from Ptolemais, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Calmet observes that there was, in the time of Vespasian, a temple on this mountain, dedicated to a god of the same name. There was a convent, and a religious order known by the name of Carmelites, established on this mountain in honour of Elijah: the time of the foundation of this order is greatly disputed. Some pretend that it was established by Elijah himself; while others, with more probability, fix it in A.D. 1180 or 1181, under the pontificate of Pope Alexander III.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Jos 19:26. Carmel westward — Or, Carmel by the…
Jos 19:26. Carmel westward — Or, Carmel by the sea, to distinguish it from Carmel in the tribe of Judah. This was a place of eminent fruitfulness, agreeably to the prophecy concerning Asher, Gen 49:20.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv25, 28 Helkath, a Levitical town Jos 21:31, is probably Yerka,…
Helkath, a Levitical town Jos 21:31, is probably Yerka, a village about seven or eight miles north-west of Acre, in a Wady of the same name. Alammelech was in the “Wady Melik,” which joins the Kishon from the northeast, not far from the sea.
Shihor-libnath - i. e. “black-white.” The two words are now generally admitted to be the name of a river, probably the modern “Nahr Zerka,” or Blue River, which reaches the sea about 8 miles south of Dor, and whose name has a correspondence both to black and white. Possibly we have in the occurrence of the term Shihor here a trace of the contact, which was close and continuous in ancient times, between Phoenicia and Egypt Jos 13:3. Cabul Jos 19:27 still retains its ancient name; it lies between four and five miles west of Jotapata and about ten miles southeast of Acre.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv26–30 Carmel, so famous for the miracles of Elias, 3…
Carmel, so famous for the miracles of Elias, 3 Kings xviii. 20. Josephus (Jewish Wars ii. 17,) places it 120 stadia south of Ptolemais. This range of mountains extended northward through the tribes of Issachar and of Zabulon. Pliny ([Natural History?] v. 17,) speaks of a promontory and of a town of this name. Here also the god Carmel was adored, having an altar, but no temple or image, as the ancients had decreed. Nec simulacrum Deo aut templum, (sic tradidere majores) ara tantum et reverentia. (Tacitus, Hist. ii. 78.) --- Vespasian consulted the priest Basilides. Carmel means "the vineyard of the Lord," or the excellent vineyard, &c. It was so rich and beautiful as to become proverbial. The spouse compares the head of his beloved to Carmel, chap. vii. 5. Isaias (xxxii. 15,) foretels that the deserts shall be equal to Carmel. It was covered with wood and fruit. (St. Jerome in Isaias x. 18., and Jeremias iv. 26.) The city, which was built upon this mountain, and which Pliny calls by the same name, was formerly styled Ecbatana. The oracle had denounced to Cambyses that he should die at Ecbatana, and he concluded that the city of Media was meant; but it was "that of Syria," says Herodotus, (iii. 64,) where he died. --- Labanath. Hebrew leaves out the conjunction. --- Sihor means a "troubled" river, (chap. xiii. 3,) or brook, which probably ran near the white promontory mentioned by Pliny, (v. 19,) near Tyre. Labanath signifies "white."
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv24, 26, 29 OF ASHER. (Jos 19:24-31)
OF ASHER. (Jos 19:24-31)
the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher--The western boundary is traced from north to south through the cities mentioned; the site of them, however, is unknown.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 LOT OF ASHER, Jos_19:24-31.
LOT OF ASHER, Jos_19:24-31.
[The position of Asher may be generally described as extending along the shore of the Mediterranean from Tantura, on the south of Mount Carmel, to Zidon on the north, and bounded on the east by Zebulun and Naphtali. His territory included the rich plain of Phenicia, and some of the most celebrated cities of antiquity. Truly did Jacob prophesy: “His bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties,” (Gen_49:20;) and Moses: “He shall dip his foot in oil; his shoes shall be iron and brass.” Deu_33:24-25. The great Phenician plain near Acre was rich in corn and wine and oil, and in the Zidonian metallic manufactories probably many Asherites learned to be skilful workmen in iron and brass. Compare 1Ki_7:14. When other tribes were at war with Jabin’s hosts, Asher dwelt quietly by his harbours. Jdg_5:17. Asher never conquered the Phenician territory, but was content to dwell among the Canaanites and learn their ways. See Jdg_1:31-32. Stanley remarks; “One name only of the tribe of Asher shines out of the general obscurity — the aged widow who, in the very close of the Jewish history, departed not from the Temple at Jerusalem, but served God with prayers and fastings night and day. (Luk_2:36, where see notes.) So insignificant was the tribe to which was assigned the fortress which Napoleon called the key of Palestine.”]
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv24–31 24–31. The Inheritance of the Tribe of Asher
24–31. The Inheritance of the Tribe of Asher
24. And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher] who were descended from the eighth son of Jacob, and in the march through the desert closed the long procession side by side with Dan and Naphtali, with the standard of Dan, an “eagle with a serpent in its talons.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv24–25 (24) The fifth lot . . . for .…
(24) The fifth lot . . . for . . . Asher . . . (and Jos_19:32) the sixth . . . for . . . Naphtali.—Asher and Naphtali had been associated with Dan in the exodus, and with him had encamped on the north side of the tabernacle, and had brought up the rear. These two, each dissociated from his own brother (viz., Asher from Gad and Naphtali from Dan), are paired together in their inheritance in Palestine (comp. Naphtali and Manasseh in Revelation 7, and see Names on the Gates of Pearl, pp. 199, 200). The tribe of Asher was more akin to the house of Judah, for Zilpah, the mother of Asher, was Leah’s handmaid; and the tribe of to the house of Joseph, for Bilhah, Naphtali’s mother, was Rachel’s handmaid. But in all cases the lot of the inheritance of the tribe seems to have fallen in such a way as to favour the construction of a united Israel—a Dodecaphulon, to use St. Paul’s word—an organised body of twelve tribes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv25–31 Helkath. A Levitical city. (Jos_21:31 1Ch_6:75, where it is…
Helkath. A Levitical city. (Jos_21:31 1Ch_6:75, where it is called Hukok)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 27, 29, 31 The fifth casting of lots
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Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, Allammelek, Amad, and Mishall ... Shihor Libnath
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 30 19:24-31 The land allocated to the tribe of Asher…
19:24-31 The land allocated to the tribe of Asher included the Plain of Acco on the Mediterranean coast and western Galilee. To the southwest, Asher touched Carmel, sharing at least a short common border with land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. To the north, the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon limited Asher’s expansion.
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