The lots of the tribes of Simeon, Zabulon, Issachar, Aser, Nephtali and Dan. A city is given to Josue.
The second lotte falleth to the tribe of Simeon, the situation of whose inheritance is described, with the names of their principal cities. 10. The third in like sorte, to Zabulon. 17. The fourth to Issachar. 24. The fifth to Aser. 32. The sixt to Nepthali 40. And the seuenth to Dan. 49. Al the Land being distributed among the tribes, with common consent they geue a special citie to Iosue, in the middes of them.
1And the second lot came forth for the children of Simeon by their kindreds: and their inheritance wasI secondi a uscire a sorte furono i figliuoli di Simeon distinti nelle loro famiglie: e il loro retaggioAND the second lotte came forth of the children of Simeon by their kinreddes: and their inheritance was,Et egressa est sors secunda filiorum Simeon per cognationes suas: fuitque hæreditas 2In the midst of the possession of the children of Juda: Bersabee and Sabee and Molada,Fu nel mezzo della porzione di Giuda, (ed ebbero) Bersabee, e Sabee, e Molada,in the middes of the possession of the children of Iudas: Bersabee and Sabee and Molada,eorum in medio possessionis filiorum Juda: Bersabee et Sabee et Molada 3And Hasersual, Bala and Asem,E Haser-sual, Bala, e Asem,and Hasersual, Bala and Asem,et Hasersual, Bala et Asem 4And Eltholad, Bethul and Harma,Ed Eltholad, Bethul, e Harma,and Eltholad, Bethul and Harma,et Eltholad, Bethul et Harma 5And Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa,E Siceleg, e Bethmarchaboth, e Hasersusa,and Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa,et Siceleg et Bethmarchaboth et Hasersusa 6And Bethlebaoth and Sarohen: thirteen cities, and their villages.E Beth-lebaoth, e Sarohem: tredici città co' loro villaggi.and Bethlebaoth and Sa•ohen: thirtene cities, and their townes.et Bethlebaoth et Sarohen: civitates tredecim, et villæ earum. 7And Remmon and Athor and Asan: four cities, and their villages.Ain, e Remmon, e Athar, e Asan: quattro città co' loro villaggi:Ain and Remmon and Athor and Asan: foure cities, and their townes:Ain et Remmon et Athar et Asan: civitates quatuor, et villæ earum: 8And all the villages round about these cities to Baalath Beer Ramath to the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kindreds,E tutti i castelli all'intorno di queste città fino a Balaath-Beer, Ramath, dalla parte di mezzodì. Questa è la porzione de' figliuoli di Simeon distinti nelle loro famiglie.al the litle townes round about these cities vnto Baalath Beer Ramath against the south quarter. This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kinredes,omnes viculi per circuitum urbium istarum usque ad Baalath Beer Ramath contra australem plagam. Hæc est hæreditas filiorum Simeon juxta cognationes suas, 9In the possession and lot of the children of Juda: because it was too great, and therefore the children of Simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance.(La qual porzione) fu tolta dalla porzione, e dal retaggio di Giuda; perchè era troppo ampio: e per questo i figliuoli di Simeone ebbero la loro parte in mezzo alla porzione di Giuda.in the possession and corde of the children of Iudas: because it was greater. and therfore the children of Simeon possessed in the middes of their inheritance.in possessione et funiculo filiorum Juda: quia major erat, et idcirco filii Simeon possederunt in medio hæreditatis eorum.
10And the third lot fell to the children of Zabulon by their kindreds: and the border of their possession was unto Sarid.Uscirono in terzo luogo a sorte i figliuoli di Zabulon distinti nelle loro famiglie, e i confini del loro dominio andarono fino a Sarid.And the third lotte fel of the children of Zabulon by their kinredes: and the border of their possession was made as farre as Sarid.Ceciditque sors tertia filiorum Zabulon per cognationes suas: factus est terminus possessionis eorum usque Sarid. 11And it went up from the sea and from Merala, and came to Debbaseth: as far as the torrent, which is over against Jeconam.E salgono dal mare, e da Merala, e giungono a Debbaseth sino al torrente, che è dirimpetto a Jecona.And it went vp from the sea and Merala, and came into Debbaseth: as farre as the torrent, which is against Ieconam.Ascenditque de mari et Merala, et pervenit in Debbaseth, usque ad torrentem qui est contra Jeconam. 12And it returneth from Sarid eastward to the borders of Ceseleththabor: and it goeth out to Dabereth and ascendeth towards Japhie.E volgono da Zared verso levante a' confini di Ceseleththabor: e s'inoltrano a Dabereth, e si avanzano verso Japhie.And it returneth from Sared against the East into the endes of Ceseleth thabor: and it goeth out to Dabereth, and ryseth vp against Iaphie.Et revertitur de Sared contra orientem in fines Ceseleththabor: et egreditur ad Dabereth, ascenditque contra Japhie. 13And it passeth along from thence to the east side of Gethhepher and Thacasin: and goeth out to Remmon, Amthar and Noa.E di là passano sino alla regione orientale di Geth-hepher, e di Thacasin: e vanno a Remmon, Amthar, e Noa.And thence it passeth along to the east side of Geth hepher and Thacasim: and goeth out into Remmon, Amthar and Noa.Et inde pertransit usque ad orientalem plagam Gethepher et Thacasin: et egreditur in Remmon, Amthar et Noa. 14And it turneth about to the north of Hanathon: and the outgoings thereof are the valley of Jephtahel,E girano a settentrione verso Hanathon: e vanno a finire alla valle di JephtahelAnd it compasseth to the North of Hanathon: and the issues therof are the valley Iephtahel,Et circuit ad aquilonem Hanathon: suntque egressus ejus vallis Jephthaël, 15And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.Ed a Cateth, e Naalol, e Semeron, e Jedala, e Bethlehem: dodici città co' loro villaggiand Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and I•rala and Bethlehem: twelue cities, and their townes.et Cateth et Naalol et Semeron et Jerala et Bethlehem: civitates duodecim, et villæ earum.
16This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.Questa è la porzione, queste le città co' loro villaggi, che toccarono in sorte alla tribù de' figliuoli di Zabulon distinti nelle loro famiglie.This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon by their kinredes, the cities and their litle townes.Hæc est hæreditas tribus filiorum Zabulon per cognationes suas, urbes et viculi earum. 17The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds.Uscì in quarto luogo a sorte la tribù d'Issachar distinta nelle sue famiglie:The fourth lotte came forth to Issachar by their kinredes.Issachar egressa est sors quarta per cognationes suas: 18And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem,Ed ebbe per sua porzione Jezrael, e Casaloth, e Sunem,and his inheritance was Iezrael and Casaloth and Sunem,fuitque ejus hæreditas Jezraël et Casaloth et Sunem 19And Hapharaim and Seon and Anaharath,E Hapharaim, e Seon, e Anaharath,and Hapharaim and Sehon, and Anaharathet Hapharaim et Seon, et Anaharath 20And Rabboth and Cesion, Abes,E Rabboth, e Cesion, e Abes,and Rabboth and Cesion, Abes,et Rabboth et Cesion, Abes, 21And Rameth and Engannim and Enhadda and Bethpheses.E Rameth, e Engannim, e Enhadda, e Beth-pheses.and Rameth, and Engannim, and Enhadda and Bethpheses.et Rameth, et Engannim, et Enhadda et Bethpheses. 22And the border thereof cometh to Thabor and Sehesima and Bethsames: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the Jordan: sixteen cities, and their villages.E i suoi confini arrivarono sino a Thabor, a Sehesima, e Bethsames: e finiscono al Giordano: sedici città co' loro villaggi.And the border therof cometh to Thabor and Sehesema and Bethsames: and their issues were Iordan: sixtene cities, and their townes.Et pervenit terminus ejus usque Thabor et Sehesima et Bethsames, eruntque exitus ejus Jordanis: civitates sedecim, et villæ earum. 23This is the possession of the sons of Issachar by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.Questa è la porzione, queste le città co' loro villaggi, che toccarono in sorte a' figliuoli d'Issachar distinti nelle loro famiglie.This is the possession of Issachar by their kinredes, the cities, and their litle townes.Hæc est possessio filiorum Issachar per cognationes suas, urbes et viculi earum. 24And the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of Aser by their kindreds:Uscì in quinto luogo a sorte la tribù de' figliuoli di Aser distinti nelle loro famiglie:And the fifth lotte fel to the tribe of the children of Aser by their kinredes:Ceciditque sors quinta tribui filiorum Aser per cognationes suas:
25And their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph,E loro confini furono ad Halchath, e Chali, e Beten, e Axaph,and their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph,fuitque terminus eorum Halcath et Chali et Beten et Axaph 26And Elmelech and Amaad and Messal: and it reacheth to Carmel by the sea and Sihor and Labanath,Elmelech, e Amaad, e Messal: e vanno fino al Carmelo del mare, e a Sihor, e a Labanath.and Elmelec and Amaad and Messal: and it reacheth to Carmel of the sea and Sihor and Labanath.et Elmelech et Amaad et Messal: et pervenit usque ad Carmelum maris et Sihor et Labanath, 27And it returneth towards the east to Bethdagon: and passeth along to Zabulon and to the valley of Jephthael towards the north to Bethemec and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul,E volgono a levante verso Beth-dagon: e passano fino a Zabulon, e alla valle di Jephtel verso tramontana, e fino a Bethemec, e Nehiel. E s'inoltra al lato sinistro di Cabul,And it returneth against the east of Bethdagon: and passeth along to Zabulon and the Valley Iephthael against the North into Bethemec and Nehiel. And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul,ac revertitur contra orientem Bethdagon: et pertransit usque Zabulon et vallem Jephthaël contra aquilonem in Bethemec et Nehiel. Egrediturque ad lævam Cabul, 28And to Abaran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, as far as the great Sidon.E ad Abran, e Rohob, e Hamon, e Cana, fino a Sidone la grande:and Abran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana, as farre as great Sidon.et Abran et Rohob et Hamon et Cana, usque ad Sidonem magnam. 29And it returneth to Horma to the strong city of Tyre, and to Hosa: and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of Achziba:E tornano verso Horma fino alla città fortissima di Tiro, e fino ad Hosa: e finiscono al mare nel territorio di Achziba:And it returneth into Horma vnto the verie wel fensed citie Tyre, and vnto Hosa: and the issues therof shal be into the sea from the corde of Achziba:Revertiturque in Horma usque ad civitatem munitissimam Tyrum, et usque Hosa: eruntque exitus ejus in mare de funiculo Achziba: 30And Amma and Aphec and Rohob: twenty-two cities, and their villages.E includono Amma, e Aphec, e Rohob: ventidue città coi loro villaggi.and Amma and Aphec and Rohob. cities twentie two, and their townes. This is the posseffionet Amma et Aphec et Rohob: civitates viginti duæ, et villæ earum. 31This is the possession of the children of Aser by their kindreds, and the cities and their villages.Questa è la porzione, e queste le città co' loro villaggi, che toccarono a' figliuoli di Aser distinti nelle loro famiglie.of the children of Aser by their kinredes, and the cities and their townes.Hæc est possessio filiorum Aser per cognationes suas, urbesque et viculi earum.
32The sixth lot came out to the sons of Nephtali by their families:Uscirono a sorte in sesto luogo i figliuoli di Nephtali distinti nelle loro famiglie:Of the sonnes of Nepthali fel the sixt lotte by their families:Filiorum Nephthali sexta sors cecidit per familias suas: 33And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum: and their outgoings unto the Jordan:E i loro confini cominciavano da Eleph, e da Elon in Saananim, e Adami, che dicesi anche Neceb, e da Jebnael fino a Lecum; e vanno a finire al Giordano:and the border beganne from Heleph and Elon into Saanaim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Iebnael vnto Lecum: and their issues vnto Iordan:et cœpit terminus de Heleph et Elon in Saananim, et Adami, quæ est Neceb, et Jebnaël usque Lecum: et egressus eorum usque ad Jordanem: 34And the border returneth westward to Azanotthabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon southward, and to Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising of the sun.E volgono da occidente verso Azanotthabor, e di là vanno verso Hucuca, e passano a Zabulon dalla parte di mezzodì, e in Aser da occidente, e verso Giuda da levante,and the border returneth against the West into Azanoththabor, and thence goeth out into Hucuca, and passeth along into Zabulon against the South, and into Azer against the West, and into Iuda vnto Iordan against the rising of the sunne.revertiturque terminus contra occidentem in Azanotthabor, atque inde egreditur in Hucuca, et pertransit in Zabulon contra meridiem, et in Aser contra occidentem, et in Juda ad Jordanem contra ortum solis: 35And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth,Sue città fortissime, Assedim, Ser, ed Emath, e Reccath, e Cenereth,cities very wel fensed, Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth,civitates munitissimæ, Assedim, Ser, et Emath, et Reccath et Cenereth, 36And Edema and Arama, Asor,E Edema, e Arama, Asor:and Edema and Arama, Asoret Edema et Arama, Asor 37And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor,E Cedes, ed Edrai, Enhasor,and Cedes and Edrai, Enhasoret Cedes et Edrai, Enhasor, 38And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and their villages.E Jeron, e Magdalel, Horem, e Bethanath, e Bethsames: diciannove città co' loro villaggi.and Ieron and Magdalel, Horem and Bethanath and Bethsames: ninetene cities, and their townes.et Jeron et Magdalel, Horem et Bethanath et Bethsames: civitates decem et novem, et villæ earum. 39This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.Questa è la porzione, e queste le città co' loro villaggi possedute da' figliuoli di Nephtali distinti nelle loro famiglie.This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephthali by their kinredes, the cities and their townes.Hæc est possessio tribus filiorum Nephthali per cognationes suas, urbes et viculi earum.
40The seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of Dan by their families:Uscì a sorte in settimo luogo la tribù de' figliuoli di Dan distinti nelle lor famiglie:To the tribe of the children of Dan by their families came forth the seuenth lotte:Tribui filiorum Dan per familias suas egressa est sors septima: 41And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,E dentro i confini della loro porzione fu Sara, ed Esthaol, e Hirsemes, cioè città del Sole,and the border of their possession was Sara and Esthaol, and Hirisemes, that is the sunne.et fuit terminus possessionis ejus Sara et Esthaol, et Hirsemes, id est, civitas solis. 42Selebin and Aialon and Jethela,Selebin, e Ajalon, e Jethela,Selebin and Aialon and Iethela,Selebin et Ajalon et Jethela, 43Elon and Themna and Acron,Elon, e Themna, e Acron,Elon and Themna and Acron,Elon et Themna et Acron, 44Elthece, Gebbethon and Balaath,Elthece, Gebbethon, e Balaath,Elthece, Gebbethon and Balaath,Elthece, Gebbethon et Balaath, 45And Juda and Bane and Barach and Gethremmon:E Jud, e Bane, e Barach, e Gethremmon:and Iud and Bane and Barac and Gethremmon:et Jud et Bane et Barach et Gethremmon: 46And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe,E Mejarcon, e Arecon con quel tratto che guarda Joppe:and Meiarcon & Arecon, with the border that looketh toward Ioppe, and is shut vp with the same end.et Mejarcon et Arecon, cum termino qui respicit Joppen, 47And is terminated there. And the children of Dan went up and fought against Lesem, and took it: and they put it to the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan their father.E qui termina il loro confine. Ma i figliuoli di Dan si mossero, e assaltarono Lesem, e la presero: e tutto misero a fil di spada, e ne rimaser padroni, e vi abitarono, dandole il nome di Lesem-Dan dal nome di Dan loro padre.And the children of Dan went vp, and fought against Lesem, and they tooke it: and they stroke it in the edge of the sword, and possessed, and dwelt in it, calling the name of it Lesem Dan, by the name of Dan the father therof.et ipso fine concluditur. Ascenderuntque filii Dan, et pugnaverunt contra Lesem, ceperuntque eam: et percusserunt eam in ore gladii, et possederunt, et habitaverunt in ea, vocantes nomen ejus Lesem Dan, ex nomine Dan patris sui. 48This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their kindreds, the cities and their villages.Questa è la porzione, e queste le città co' loro villaggi possedute da' figliuoli di Dan distinti nelle loro famiglie.This is the possession of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan, by their kinredes, the cities and their townes.Hæc est possessio tribus filiorum Dan, per cognationes suas, urbes et viculi earum.
49And when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes, the children of Israel gave a possession to Josue the son of Nun in the midst of them,E finita che fu di distribuirsi a sorte la terra a tutti, tribù per tribù, i figliuoli d'Israele diedero a Giosuè figliuolo di Nun la sua porzione tra di loro,And when he had made an end of diuiding the Land by lotte to euerie one by their tribes, the children of Israel gaue possession to Iosue the sonne of Nun in the middes of them,Cumque complesset sorte dividere terram singulis per tribus suas, dederunt filii Israël possessionem Josue filio Nun in medio sui, 50According to the commandment of the Lord, the city which he asked for, Thamnath Saraa, in mount Ephraim: and he built up the city, and dwelt in it.Secondo l'ordine del Signore, la città ch'ei domandò, Thamnath-Saraa sul monte Ephraim; ed egli riedificò la città, e vi abitò.according to the commandement of our Lord, the citie which he requested, Thamnath Saraa in mount Ephraim: and he built the citie, and dwelt in it.juxta præceptum Domini, urbem quam postulavit Thamnath Saraa in monte Ephraim: et ædificavit civitatem, habitavitque in ea. 51These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land.Queste sono le porzioni distribuite a sorte da Eleazaro sacerdote, e da Giosuè figliuolo di Nun, e da' principi delle famiglie, e delle tribù de' figliuoli d'Israele in Silo, dinanzi al Signore alla porta del tabernacolo del testimonio, e questa fu la divisione che fecero del paese.These are the possessions, which Eleazar the priest, and Iosue the sonne of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, diuided by lotte in Silo, before our Lord at the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie, and they parted the Land.Hæ sunt possessiones, quas sorte diviserunt Eleazar sacerdos, et Josue filius Nun, et principes familiarum ac tribuum filiorum Israël in Silo, coram Domino ad ostium tabernaculi testimonii: partitique sunt terram.
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Juda. Thus was verified the prediction of Jacob, that Simeon and Levi, who had been too much united for the destruction of Sichem, should be scattered among their brethren, Genesis xxxiv., and 49:6. The tribe of Simeon was not very numerous, Numbers 26:14. Yet all his cities are not here enumerated, but only such as served to point out the limits. The Jews suppose that this tribe occupied the cities of Juda only as long as the latter pleased, and that it was driven out of them in the days of David, (1 Paralipomenon 4:31.; Rabbins ap. Mas.) or at least under the reign of Ezechias, when it was forced to seek fresh settlements in Gador and Seir, 1 Paralipomenon 5:39. It was, however, led into captivity by Salmanasar along with the other nine tribes, in the sixth year of Ezechias, 4 Kings 17:6. The lot of Simeon was not in the centre of Juda, but only within his limits, (Calmet) either on the south, (Cellarius) or on the west side, (Calmet) or on both. (Haydock)
Menochius
And Sabee. This is the same town with the preceding, otherwise there would be 14 instead of 13, ver. 6. (Menochius)
If this be not the case, we may give the same solution as Josue 15:62.
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Great. The land measurers, it seems, had been under a mistake, (Menochius) which was corrected by the ancients. Distributive justice was to be observed.
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From the sea. Hebrew, "towards the sea." Bonfrere asserts that Zabulon did not extend quite to the shore of the Mediterranean, Josue 17:10. (Calmet)
Torrent, near Sidon, which some call the river Belus or Papis. (Pliny, [Natural History?] 5:19.
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Geth-hepher, the birth-place of Jonas, 4 Kings 14:25. See Josue 12:17.
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Bethlehem, very different from that of Juda.
Menochius
Twelve. Nineteen are mentioned, but some of them belong to other tribes, (Calmet) or were not properly cities. (Menochius)
Calmet
All the towns of Zabulon are not specified. (Calmet)
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Issachar. The reason why he has been placed after his younger brother, Zabulon, both here and in the blessing of Jacob, is not known.
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Jezrael. This was a city of the first note, (Menochius) situated in the vale between Mount Hermon and Gelboe, having Bethsan on the east.
Calmet
Here the Philistines were encamped the day before the battle, in which Saul was slain and Israel dispersed, 1 Kings 28:4. (Calmet)
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Engannim, called Enam, 1 Paralipomenon 6:73.
Calmet
Enhadda. There was another town of this name, 10 miles from Eleutheropolis. (Calmet)
Menochius
This and the four following towns lay on the north of Issachar. (Menochius)
Bethsames, "the house of the sun." Juda and Nephthali had also a Bethsames.
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Tacitus
Carmel, so famous for the miracles of Elias, 3 Kings 18:20. Josephus (Jewish Wars 2:17,) places it 120 stadia south of Ptolemais. This range of mountains extended northward through the tribes of Issachar and of Zabulon. Pliny ([Natural History?] 5:17,) 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. 2:78.)
Vespasian consulted the priest Basilides. Carmel means "the vineyard of the Lord," or the excellent vineyard, etc. It was so rich and beautiful as to become proverbial. The spouse compares the head of his beloved to Carmel, Josue 7:5. Isaias (xxxii. 15,) foretels that the deserts shall be equal to Carmel. It was covered with wood and fruit. (St. Jerome in Isaias 10:18., and Jeremias 4:26.) 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. 13:3,) or brook, which probably ran near the white promontory mentioned by Pliny, (V. 19,) near Tyre. Labanath signifies "white."
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Bethdagon. "The temple of Dagon, or of the fish," different from the town of Juda, Josue 15:41.
Josephus
Zabulon, a city which took its name from the tribe, and separated Ptolemais from Judea. (Josephus, Jewish Wars 2:37.)
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Rohob, on the northern extremity of the land, Numbers 13:22. It was assigned to the Levites. But the tribe of Aser never drove out the Chanaanites, Judges 1:31.
Cellarius
Cana, where Christ wrought his first miracle, about 23 miles west of Tiberias, as we may gather from Josephus. (Vita) (Cellarius)
Some would admit another Cana nearer Sidon.
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Horma. Hebrew, Septuagint, etc., Rama, "a height."
Pliny
Of Tyre. When this city was founded, is wrapped up in obscurity. The Tyrian priests claim a very high antiquity; whereas Josephus (Antiquities 8:2,) allows that the city was founded only 200 years after Josue, on which supposition this name must have been added by a subsequent writer. The matter, however, is so uncertain, that nothing can be concluded. It was a colony of Sidon, Isaias 23:12. Old Tyre was on the continent; the new city was built in an island, where the temple of Jupiter Olympius formerly stood. Alexander made a road between the two cities, when he besieged New Tyre: which, on that account, may be considered either as an island, or as part of the continent. He used for this purpose the ruins of the old city, which he threw into the sea. Hiram had formed a similar road to the temple of Jupiter. (Dius. ap. Josephus, contra Apion I.) Whether Nebuchodonosor besieged the Old or the New Tyre, soon after he had taken Jerusalem, authors are not agreed. St. Jerome (in Ezechiel 28., and Amos 1., etc.) seems to think that he attacked the new city; whereas Marsham believes that it was built only after the other had fallen a prey to the arms of the Chaldeans. It was only five or 700 paces from the continent. Tyrus quondam insula praealto mari septingentis passibus divisa, nunc vero Alexandri oppugnantis operibus continens. (Pliny, [Natural History?] 5:19.)
Calmet
Portion. Hebrew, "from the coast of Achzib," which is the same town as Ecdippe, south of Tyre, and nine miles from Ptolemais. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Amma; perhaps on mount Amana, a part of Libanus, Canticle of Canticles 4:8. For though the Israelites had possession of these parts only a short time, they had a right to them, and to the countries as far as the Euphrates and Pelusium. Septuagint read, "Akom or Archob," (Calmet) in some copies, though the Alexandrian agrees with the Vulgate. (Haydock)
Perhaps Acco, the ancient name of Ptolemais, may be meant, as it is hardly probable that so famous a city should be omitted.
Aphec, beyond Antilibanus, from which city the Israelites could not drive the Chanaanites, Judges 1:31. Here the kings of Syria assembled their forces to attack the people of God, 1 Kings 20:26. Profane authors speak of the temple of Venus Aphachitis, who appeared in the eyes of the superstitious to shed tears. The city lay between Biblus and Heliopolis. (Zozimus, 1:58.; Eusebius (laud. Const.); Macrob. 1:21.)
Twenty-two. More are mentioned above, but some might belong to other tribes.
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Haydock
Heleph seems to have been on the north-eastern limits of Nephthali. The cities on the Jordan southwards, as far as Genesareth, are specified. (Haydock)
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Juda was in possession of the southern parts of the Jordan, as Nephthali had the northern, so that by means of navigation they might enjoy the riches (Calmet) of each other, and of the other tribes. (Haydock) (Deuteronomy 33:23.)
Calmet
Septuagint do not read Juda, which forms all the difficulty, as five tribes lay between these two. They have "and the Jordan is towards the rising sun." (Calmet)
Grabe inserts, with a star, "to Juda, the Jordan," etc., intimating that to Juda, was not a part of the Septuagint version.
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Haydock
Ser. The Septuagint seem to have read rather differently. "And the fortified, or walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre and Emath, (and) Bekkath," etc. (Haydock)
Assedim may be the name of a people. The situation of Ser is also unknown.
Calmet
Emath is the famous Emesa, Numbers 13:22. (Calmet)
Haydock
Tyre, etc., belong to Aser, and not to Nephthali, as the Septuagint might insinuate. But Emesa would be within the borders of the latter. (Haydock)
Calmet
Cenereth, the lake of that name, as St. Jerome says that the city of Cenereth was Tiberias, on the southern extremity of the lake whereas Nephthali possessed only the northern part. (Calmet)
Haydock
Bonfrere supposes that Caphernaum, or some adjacent city, is meant; and indeed the first words of the verse indicate that a list is given of the strong cities, unless that should be restricted to those of the Assedim, which are not specified. (Haydock)
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Arama. Hebrew, "Rama."
Asor, the capital of Jabin, Josue 11:1.
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Josephus
Enhasor, "the fountain of Asor," or Daphne, a delightful spot resembling the famous suburbs of Antioch. (Josephus, Jewish Wars 4:init.)
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Eusebius † AD 339
Bethanath, "the house of poverty," is Betanea, 15 miles from Caesarea. (Eusebius)
Nineteen. Twenty-three places are mentioned. But some might only be villages, etc., Josue 15:62.
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Calmet
Sun. Some suppose that it is the same with Bethsames of Juda, which was ceded to the Levites. (Calmet)
Haydock
Dan lay on the west of Juda. (Haydock)
Selebin, where the Amorrhites maintained themselves, Judges 1:35.
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Themna; the Thamna of the tribe of Juda, Josue 15:10.
Acron, or Accaron.
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Elthece, or Elthecon of Juda, given to the Levites. All the three tribes might dwell in it.
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Barach. Hebrew, "Bene-barac," or "Jud, of the sons of Barac."
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Calmet
Mejarcon, "the waters of Jarcon" and Arecon, were near Joppe. (Calmet)
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Menochius
There. Hebrew, "and the limits of Dan went out from them. They were not able to keep the cities in subjection; so that, finding themselves too much confined, they sought for fresh settlements at Lessem; or, their borders were known by these cities, through which they passed, (Calmet) though most of them had been already assigned to the tribe of Juda. (Menochius)
Haydock
Dan. This city was not Peneas, or Caesarea, but the utmost boundary of Palestine on the north, as Bersabee was on the south. This history is given more at large, Judges 18:1. The Septuagint vary from the Hebrew in verses 46, 47, and 48, (Calmet) and add that "the children of Dan did not destroy the Amorrhites, who afflicted them in the mountain, and would not suffer them to descend into the plain....But the hand of Ephraim lay heavy upon them, and they became tributary to them. (See Josue 17:13.) 49. And they went to take possession of their limits, and the children of Israel," etc. (Haydock)
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Menochius
Lord, by the mouth of Eleazar. Josue was content with one of the most barren parts of the country. He waits till all are provided for, shewing throughout his life a pattern of moderation and disinterestedness, which render him worthy to be considered as a figure of Jesus Christ, who reduced himself to the lowest state of abjection for our sakes. (Calmet) See Josue 14:6. (Menochius)
Ephraim. It was before called Gaas; and the city, which Josue enlarged, lay on the north side of it, Josue 24:30., and Judges 2:9.
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Of modestie Iosue would not assigne to him selfanie place, but the whole people freely granted his request.
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St Cyril of Jerusalem † AD 386 The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 13.15
15. Look with awe then at the Lord who was judged. He suffered Himself to be led and carried by soldiers. Pilate sat in judgment, and He who sitteth on the right hand of the Father, stood and was judged . The people whom He had redeemed from the land of Egypt, and oftimes from other places, shouted against Him, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him
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St Melito of Sardis † AD 180 Melito, the Philosopher part1
… Also, before Tamuz she had fallen in love with Ares, and committed adultery with him; and Hephæstus, her husband, caught her, and his jealousy was roused against her, and he came and killed Tamuz in Mount Lebanon, as he was hunting wild boars; and from that time Balthi remained in Gebal, and she died in the city of Aphiki,
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St Jerome † AD 420 Against Jovinianus 1.22
… He certainly received the fairest spot in the division of the land of Judah, and died, not in the twenties , which are ever unlucky in Scripture—by them are reckoned the years of Jacob’s service, the price of Joseph, and sundry presents which Esau who was fond of them received—but in the tens, whose praises we have often sung; and he was buried in
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1. AND THEIR INHERITANCE (OF THE SIMEONITES) WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE POSSESSION OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDA. — R. Solomon asserts that the Simeonites in the division of the twelve tribes in the Holy Land were passed over, because Jacob cursing Simeon said of him and Levi: "I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel," Gen. XLIX, 7; wherefore the Simeonites were without a lot of inheritance, but the remaining tribes cast lots which of them would receive them into themselves; and the lot fell upon the tribe of Juda: this therefore received them within itself, but unwillingly and by compulsion, and therefore cast them out from itself under David, and this he gathers from Paral. IV, 31. But these are mere inventions, nay errors repugnant to Holy Scripture, which here expressly asserts that the Simeonites equally as the other tribes obtained their portion by lot in Chanaan. What therefore is here said that they received their lot in the midst of the children of Juda, understand thus, that their lot was contiguous to the lot of the tribe of Juda, and was assigned to it; and that the tribe of Juda, since it had too broad a space of lands, so that it could not cultivate all and defend against beasts, ceded a part of them to the tribe of Simeon. For this tribe was smaller than the others, and less numerous. For in the last census only 22200 were numbered in it. Moreover the oracle of Jacob does not favor R. Solomon, but intends something else, as I showed Gen. XLIX, 7. Thus Masius and others.
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11. TO THE TORRENT WHICH IS AGAINST JECONA. — Masius very probably opines that this torrent is near the borders of the Sidonians, which historians call Pagida or Belus, which carries sand, from which the finest glass is made, as Pliny testifies lib. V, cap. XIX, and lib. XXXVI, cap. XXVI; Josephus, lib. II Belli, cap. IX; Tacitus, lib. V; Strabo, lib. XVI, and William of Tyre, lib. XIII Belli sacri, cap. III.
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13. AMTHAR. — Thus also the Septuagint takes the Hebrew word המתאר hammetoar as a proper name of a city. Symmachus however takes it as a common noun, and as an epithet of Remmon; whence he translates, Remmon renowned. The Chaldean, Masius, Vatablus, Pagninus, Arias, R. David and Rabbi Solomon translate, which turns or bends in Noa.
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35. CENERETH. — From this city the lake of Genezareth, or the sea of Galilee adjacent to it, received its name. Masius and Arias think Cenereth to be that which was afterwards called Tiberias in honor of Tiberius Caesar. Others wish it to be Capharnaum.
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47. AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN WENT UP, AND FOUGHT AGAINST LESEM. — This was done after the death of Josue, as is narrated at length Judic. cap. XVIII, 1 and following. Hence it is clear that this book was not written by Josue; or rather by him who arranged and published it, many things were inserted and added to it, such as those cap. XV, vers. 14 and last, and cap. XVII, vers. 12 and 13, etc.
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49. THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GAVE A POSSESSION TO JOSUE. — Note here and marvel at the modesty of the leader Josue; for he who first divided lots to all others, received his own last. Again he himself did not wish his lot to be cast as for others, but received what was given by the people. Surely Josue was a type of Jesus Christ, who although he was first of all, nay the Alpha and Omega, was made for us the last of men, Isaiah LIII, 3.
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50. ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD. — This commandment in Numbers XIV, 24, is not expressed, but is supplied here. Hence it is clear that God commanded that that portion of land which he himself desired should be given to Joshua. For if God there ordered that Hebron be given to Caleb, why not also to his companion Joshua, who surpassed Caleb and was the leader and prince of the people? And Caleb sufficiently hints at this, when here in chapter XIV, verse 6, he says to Joshua: "Thou knowest what the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cadesbarne." that it was, because he himself, the distributor of all possessions, had assigned to himself mountainous and rocky places. And in this matter Joshua was a type of Jesus Christ, who, although He was rich and King of glory, wished to become poorer and more lowly for us, that He might enrich us by His poverty and exalt us by His lowliness. Thus Origen, homily 24; Theodoret, Question XVII; Masius, Arias and others. Let Princes, and the counselors of Princes, Prefects and Governors note and imitate this example of Joshua, as in our age did Thomas More, Chancellor of England, who, having performed great offices in the republic from his earliest age and having a large family, nevertheless throughout his whole life did not increase his annual income beyond seventy gold pieces, as Stapleton relates in his Life, chapters III and VIII. A CITY WHICH HE REQUESTED: THAMNATH SARAA IN THE MOUNT OF EPHRAIM. — Joshua requested this city, both that he might dwell among his fellow tribesmen in his own tribe of Ephraim, and for the sake of modesty. For this city Thamnath was named "Saraa," from the aridity and uselessness of the place: for Thamnath Saraa in Hebrew is the same as a flowing figure, or useless; or, as others say, an image of superfluity or stench; or, as Pagninus says, thou shalt number the remainder; as if Joshua had occupied that which was a remainder and useless to all others; just as St. Louis, St. Hedwig, St. Elizabeth, in their zeal for humility and devotion, often ate the leftovers of the table of the poor whom they supported. Joshua therefore chose last of all a worse and uncultivated city, situated among mountainous and rough places, and left to leaders and magistrates a remarkable example of continence and poverty, and made that admonition of Ecclesiastes chapter XXXII, 1: "They have made thee a ruler? be not lifted up; be as one of them, as one of themselves. Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast finished all thy care (that is, completed it) recline." Indeed St. Jerome in the Epitaph of St. Paula writes that she, when she visited the monument of Joshua, marveled— AND HE BUILT THE CITY, — that is, he restored what was already built, enlarged it, adorned it.
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51. AND THEY DIVIDED THE LAND, — that is, they caused the division to be made, they finished the partition. For in Hebrew it is, and they finished dividing the land. The Septuagint for vaiecalu, that is, and they finished, reading with different points, by metathesis וילכו vaielchu, translate, and they went away from dividing the land, to inhabit and cultivate it. All things therefore come to the same result.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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… The Bible names altogether 134 cities of J. (Josh. 15:21-62; with those of Simeon which were later annexed to them: Josh. 19:1-7; F.-M. …
Simeon (Heb. Šim'ôn; Gr. Symzōn)
The principal information about the tribe of S. is given in Josh. 19:1-9. Its territory lay between Beersheba and the Dead Sea, south of Judah, with which the tribe appears to be joined (ibid. 19:1) and by which it was in fact absorbed: it is the Negeb, …
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… The neghebh was ceded to Simeon (Josh. 19:2-7). A fertile territory, famous for its vineyards (Num. 13:13, 25; Song 1:13; II Chron. 26:10; cf. Gen. 49:11 ff.), for its extensive pastures and numerous flocks (I Sam. 25:2; …
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3. City of southern Judea, assigned to the tribe of Simeon, whose Hebrew name is Ba'dlah (Josh. 15:29; 19:3) or Bilhah (1 Chron. 4:29). Angelo Penna
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… This was won when from Jericho the tribes of Judah and Simeon advanced into the south, took possession of the city and devoted it to the ban, replacing the sad name of Sephaath with the glorious one of H. (Judg. 1:17). H. then took on new life in the tribe of Judah and Simeon (Josh. 15:30; 19:4).
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SICELEG (Heb. Şiqlagh). - A city assigned to the tribe of Judah in the division of the Promised Land (Josh. 15:31), then given to that of Simeon (ibid. 19:5).
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… The name Αἰνών (Vulgate Aenon; cf. "Aen" Jos. 15:32, and "Ain" Jos. 19:7; 21:16) is a transcription of the Aramaic plural "ěndwān" ("springs"), written "ěnān" in the Targum of Deut. 8:7. It is to be identified with the group of five springs (Ain el-Fāṭūr, …
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… of Moses (Deut. 33:18 f.). In the division of the Promised Land, with geographical terms not always identifiable, the lower Galilee with the northern part of the plain of Esdraelon is assigned to Z., but the coastal part is left to the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:10-16 and 24-31).
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Geth (Hebrew Gath, Akkadian Gimtu, "Winepress")
G.-Opher, in 2 Kings 14:25; Josh. 19:13 is the homeland of the prophet Jonah (v.); a city of the tribe of Zebulun, a few km. from Sepphoris, probably the present-day village of Hirbet ez-Zurra'.
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… More frequent is the surname of B. "of Judah" (Judg. 17, 7, 9; 19, 1-18; Ruth 1, 1, 2; 1 Sam. 17, 12; Mic. 2, 1, 5, 6) to distinguish it from another B. in the tribe of Zebulun (Josh. 19, 15). The name of B. is missing from the list that the Masoretic text gives us of the cities of Judah in Josh. 15, 21 ff., but it is found with ten other cities in the addition of the …
… In Jos. 19:15, among the cities assigned to this tribe, a locality named B. is mentioned (LXX: A Βαυθάμ, B Βαυθάμ). …
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The frontiers of the Issacharite canton (Josh. 19:17-23) can be approximately delimited from the numbering of the cities assigned: from Engannim (= Genin) to the south-east corner of the plain of Esdrelon by way of Iezrael (= Zav'in), Sunem …
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Jezreel ("God sows", an allusion to the fertility of its soil)
JEZREEL ("God sows", an allusion to the fertility of its soil). - A city in the territory of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), fortified with walls, towers and gates (II Kings 9:17; 10:8) at the foot of Mount Gilboa and not far from Bethshan (I Sam. 31:1, 10).
Conquered by the Hebrews, it was assigned by Joshua to the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:18). The Philistines encamped there
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Bethsames (Hebrew Bēth-Ēmef = "House of the Sun")
2. - Frontier city of the tribe of Issachar between Tabor and the Jordan (Josh. 19:22); it corresponds to the village of el-'Abejdijjeh on the banks of the Jordan, or to Hírbet Şemân south of the lake of Tiberias.
Thabor (Gr. Θαβώρ τὸ Ἰταβώριον, Arabic Çebel et-Tôr)
… Jacob alludes to T. in his blessing on Issachar and Zebulun as a gathering place of peoples to offer sacrifices there (Deut. 33:19); not included within the boundaries of any tribe (Josh. 19:22), it was sacred to all those of the north. …
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… 1 Chron. 12:36; 1 Kings 4:6). Its territory occupied the north-west of Palestine, from Carmel (included) to Phoenicia, that is, the western slope of the hills that descend from the foothills of Lebanon down to the plain of Esdraelon; it was bounded (Josh. 19:24-31) to the north by the Nahr el-Qasimiyya (frontier of Tyre), to the west it extended along the coast of the Mediterranean as far as the river Labanath (today Nahr ez-Zerqa'), to the …
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… In the partition of the Promised Land it came to lie in the midst of the territory of the tribes of Asher, Zebulun and Issachar (Jos. 19:26). In the 9th century B.C. it is famous as a place of worship of the Phoenician religion and of the monotheistic Jewish religion. …
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Cabul (Heb. Kābhūl; Flavius Josephus Χαβούλων or Χαβώλων)
… Kābhūl; Flavius Josephus Χαβούλων or Χαβώλων). - A city of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:27) and a district of Galilee comprising twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram as compensation (1 Kings 9:13).
… in Palestine is older than the invasion of the Philistines, as attested by the name Daganathah of a prince mentioned in the letters of el-'Amârah, and by the local name Bethdagon of two cities, one of Judah and the other of Asher (Josh. 15:41; 19:27).
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CANA. - A locality "of Galilee" (Jn. 2:1, 11; 4:46; 21:2), distinct from the C. of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:28) and from the homonymous stronghold in Arabia (Moab) of which Flavius Josephus speaks (Antiq. …
Rama (Heb. Hā-Rāmāh = "The Height")
3. R. in Asher (Josh. 19:28) was in the vicinity of Tyre; its identification is uncertain. …
… Phoenicians (1 Kings 16:31). In the Bible S. is remembered both as a city (Judg. 1:31; 18:28; Isa. 23:2; Ezek. 27:8) and as a territory that marked the northern frontier of Canaan (Gen. 10:19) and bordered on the tribes of Zebulun (ibid. 49:13) and of Asher (Josh. 19:28). It is called "great S." (ibid. 11:8; 19:28) with its suburbs and surroundings, as opposed to the original "small city," distinguished in the list of the cities conquered in Sennacherib's …
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Tyre (Heb.-Phoenician Şor, Şor; cf. Şor « fortress »; Gr. Τύρος; Mod. Şūr)
… So that navigation is but one aspect of the grandiose civilization of T. Apart from the accent on T. in Josh. 19:29 (cf. II Sam. 24:7) concerning the partitioning of Canaan, where it is said that the northwestern boundary of Asher reaches "as far as the fortified city of T."—9:10, according to …
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Aphec (Hebrew 'Āphīq or 'Āphēq, "Fortress" or "Watercourse")
2. City on the southern border of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 13:14; 19:30; Judg. 1:31) between Amma and Rohob; it remained inhabited by the Canaanites. …
… Although assigned by Joshua to the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:30), the Hebrews were unable to take possession of it (Judg. 1:31). It took part in the revolts of Phoenicia and Israel against the Assyrians; but it was first plundered by Sennacherib …
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3. A locality in the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35), Heb. Hammath, today Hammām south of Tiberias, where there is a bathing establishment of curative hot waters, already extolled by Flavius Josephus (Antiq. …
GENESARETH (Hebrew Kinnereth). - A Canaanite city (Kinnereth in the list of Thutmose III) assigned by Joshua to the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35) and which from antiquity gave its name to the lake (Yam Kinnereth: Num. 34:11; Josh. 15:27). It is identified with Tell el-'Orejmeh, 11 km north of Tiberias, on the northwest shore of the lake.
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1. Canaanite stronghold, which Joshua captured and burned (Josh. 11:1, 10, 13), called Aser in Tob. 1:2 (Greek text), assigned to the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:36). Situated near Kedesh of Naphtali (1 Macc. 11:63, 67, 73), north of the lake of Semechonitis or Huleh (Flavius Josephus, Ant. …
Rama (Heb. Hā-Rāmāh = "The Height")
2. R. in Naphtali (Josh. 19:36) is the village of er-Rameh, at the 25th km. of the road from Safed to Acre. …
TIBERIAS. - A city of Palestine, almost at the center of the western shore of the lake of the same name, founded near ancient Rakkath (Josh. 19:36) between the years 18 and 22 by Herod Antipas (v.), tetrarch of Galilee, who named it T. in honor of the emperor Tiberius.
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2. City of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:37), situated between Kedesh (Kedheš) and En-hazor ('En-Hāsār). …
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Bethsames (Hebrew Bēth-Ēmef = "House of the Sun")
3. - Fortified city of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38; Judg. 1:33) identified with Hírbet Şem'ah, 4/5 km west of Şafed.
… Her cult in Palestine is attested by a statue of her found at Beisan and by local names compounded with ʿAnat (cf., for example, Josh. 19, 38; Judg. 1, 33; Beth-anath; Josh. 21, 18 etc.; Anathoth).
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The territory assigned to it bordered on the north with Dan and Benjamin (Josh. 18:15-19; 19:40-46): an irregularly curving line that runs from the mouth of the Jordan to Minet Rûbîn on the sea; the Dead Sea was the eastern boundary, the Mediterranean the western; to the south it …
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… As it was impossible to assign the boundaries, in Josh. 19:41-46 the cities that fell to D. are indicated, such as Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh (= Beth-shemesh), Aijalon, Ekron, Eltekeh (mentioned in an inscription of Sennacherib), Joppa (v.), Lydda. …
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Aijalon (Hebrew, from root 'Ajjāl "Deer", nearly "Place of Deer")
… First mentioned in connection with the miracle of the sun (Josh. 10:12), it was assigned first to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:42), then to the Levites (Josh. 21:24). Fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:10), it was taken by the Philistines under Ahaz (ibid. 28:18); after that occupation there is no further …
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Accaron (Hebrew Egrān; Assyrian Amqarrāna)
Occupied by the Israelites, A. first marked the northwestern boundary of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:45), which had captured it (Judg. 1:18); but shortly afterward it was ceded to the neighboring tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:43). In the time of Samuel, A. was again in the power of the Philistines (I Sam. 5:10; 6:16 ff.; 17:52), under whom it remained during the period of the monarchy. …
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… Having defeated the Egyptians at Alta-qu-u (Hebr. 'Eltēgh, Josh. 19:44; 21:23), he devastated the territory of Judah, shutting up king Hezekiah (Ha-za-qi-a-u) in Jerusalem "like a bird in a cage." Sennacherib relates that Hezekiah made an act of submission, …
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Geth (Hebrew Gath, Akkadian Gimtu, "Winepress")
G. Remmon of Dan is a Levitical city, assigned to the sons of Kohath like the previous one: Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chron. 6:54. It corresponds to the present-day Tell Abū Lejtun southwest of 'Amwās (cf. 1 Chron. 7:21; 8:14).
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Japha (Heb. Jāp̄ō; Gr. Iyppē; Ar. Jāfā "The Beautiful")
… Although assigned by Joshua to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46), it was dominated by the Philistines, devoted to the cult of Derceto, who located on the rocks of the bay the episode of Andromache and Perseus.
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… Sanuērīm seem not to be plurals, but singulars with mimation: the presence of this phenomenon in the north-western Semitic languages around 2100-1800 B.C. would also be proved by proper names in which the older form ends in -m (in the Bible itself: Lefem of Josh. 19:47 and Lajif).
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Shiloh (Heb. Šilô or Šilôh; Gr. Sēlō, Sēlōn)
Conquered by the Hebrews, it became the center of Joshua's activity and of the assemblies of Israel (Josh. 18:8-10; 19:51; 21:2; 22:9-12). The presence of the Ark and the Tabernacle made S. a goal of pilgrimages (1 Sam. 1:4); on the occasion of an annual feast the Benjaminites carried off the dancing …
Tabernacle (Tent) of Meeting (Hebrew 'Ohel, usually followed by Me'eth: "Tabernacle of Convene")
… Moses: the cloud-glory of Jahweh enveloped it, taking possession of it (Ex. 40). The T. followed the Israelites in their vicissitudes from the desert to the Holy Land: at Gilgal (Josh. 4:19; 5:10; 9:6; 10:6 ff. 9:15, 43; 14:6); at Shiloh (ibid. 18:1; 19:51; Judg. 18:31; 21:19; 1 Sam. 1-4; 14:3; Ps. 78:60); at Nob (1 Sam. 21:1); at Gibeon (1 Chron. 16:39; 21:29; 2 Chron. 1:3); on Zion (1 Kings 3:4). After the Temple was built, it was …
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