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The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:28
Hebron. Rather, Ebron. It is not the same word as the Hebron in Judah, but is spelt with Ain instead of Hheth. In Joshua 21:30, 1 Chronicles 6:59, Abdon is the name of the city assigned to the Levites in Asher. Twenty M…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:29
The strong city Tyre. Rather, the fortified city. The general impression among commentators appears to be that the island city of Tyre, afterwards so famous, had not as yet come into existence. And the word here used, מ…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:30
Aphek (see Joshua 13:4). Twenty and two cities with their villages. The difficulty of tracing the boundary of Asher seems to be that it was traced, not by a line plainly marking out the territory, but less accurately, b…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:31
This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher. Asher appears to have been allotted a long but narrow strip of territory between Naphtali and the sea. The natural advantages of the territory must have been great. Not onl…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:33
From Allon to Zaanannim. Or, the oak which is at Zaanannim (cf. Allon-bachuth, the oak of weeping, Genesis 35:8). Zaanannim is the same as the Zaanaim mentioned in 4:11. For (1) the Keri is Zaanannim there, and the word…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:34
And then the coast turneth westward. Here the words are literally translated without any confusion between the west and the sea, nor any misapprehension of the meaning of the word נסב. Reacheth. This is the same word tr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:35
And the fenced cities. The remark is made in the 'Speaker's Commentary' that the number of fenced cities in the north were no doubt owing to a determination to protect the northern boundary of Israel by a chain of fortr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:36
Hazor (see above, Joshua 11:1-10).
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:37
Kedesh (see Joshua 12:22). It was the residence of Barak ( 4:6). Known to Josephus (Bell. Jud; 4. 2 3) as Cydoessa, to Eusebius and Jerome as Cydissus; it is now Kedes (see Robinson, 'Later Biblical Researches'). Edrei.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:38
Migdal-el. The Magdala of the New Testament. It lay on the lake of Gennesareth. Beth-shemesh. A common name, derived from the worship of the sun. This is neither Beth-shemesh of Judah nor of Issachar (see Joshua 19:22).
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:39
The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali. Of Naphtali, Beyond the not too heroic leader Barak, we hear nothing in the after history of Israel, until the fulfilment of the prophecy in Isaiah 9:1, Isaiah 9…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:41
Zorah and Eshtaol. On the border between Judah and Dan, but abandoned by the tribe of Judah to the Danites (see 13:2, 13:25). "The wild and impassable wadies, the steep, hard, rocky hills, their wildernesses of mastic,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:42
Aijalon, or Ajalon (see Joshua 10:12). One of the Levitical cities.
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:43
Ekron (see Joshua 13:3).
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:44
Gibbethon. A Levitical city, as was also Eltekeh (see Joshua 21:23). It was the same city as that mentioned as "belonging to the Philistines" in 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:15, 1 Kings 16:17.
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:45
Gathrimmon. Also a Levitical city (see Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69). Mejarkon. The waters of the Jarkon.
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:46
Before. Or opposite. Japho. The Joppa of the New Testament, and the modern Jaffa. It is called Joppa in 2 Chronicles 2:16, in Ezra 3:7, and in the book of Jonah (Jonah 1:3), in an which places it is mentioned as a famou…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:47
Went out too little for them. The Hebrew is, went out from them; i.e; either went out beyond their own borders, or went out too small a distance to be sufficient for them. The first is the explanation of Masius ("extra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:48
This is the inheritance of the children of Dan. We read little of Dan in the after history of Israel. Samson is the only hero this tribe produced, and his exploits were limited to a very narrow area, and his influence a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:49
When they had made an end. The LXX; both here and in Joshua 19:51, reads יֵלְכוּ they went. The last thing Joshua thought of was himself. It was only when his work was done, and Israel had received her allotted territor…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:49
Joshua's portion. "When they had made an end of dividing the land," Joshua gets his share. Not first, as kings usually do, but last. When all are helped, then comes his turn. Though he waits longest, yet it does come to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:50
The city which he asked. He asked for a city, certainly. But the law of the inheritance was not to be set aside for him any more than for the meanest in Israel. Timnath-serah was in his own tribe. Timnath-serah. Called…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 19:51
At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The lots were drawn under Divine sanction. The ruler of the State and the ruler of the Church combined in this sacred act, hallowed by all the rites of religion, and co…
The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 21:1-45
EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES.