Joshua 19:1-9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:1

The second lot came forth to Simeon - In this appointment the providence of God may be especially remarked. For the iniquitous conduct of Simeon and Levi, in the massacre of the innocent Shechemites, Genesis 34:25-31 , Jacob, in the spirit of prophecy, foretold that they should be divided in Jacob, and scattered in Israel, Genesis 49:7 . And this was most literally fulfilled in the manner in which God disposed of both these tribes afterwards. Levi was scattered through all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:2

Beer-sheba - The well of the oath. See the note on Genesis 21:31 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:3

Hazar-shual - For this and several of the following places, see the notes on Joshua 15:32 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:5

Beth-marcaboth - The house or city of chariots. Probably a place where their war-chariots and cavalry were laid up. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:6

Beth-lebaoth - The house or city of lionesses. Probably so called from the numbers of those animals which bred there. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:8

Baalath-beer - The well of the mistresses. Probably so called from some superstitious or impure worship set up there. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:1

Verse 1 Next followed the lot of the tribe of Simeon, not as a mark of honor, but rather as a mark of disgrace. Jacob had declared with regard to Simeon and Levi, “I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.” (Genesis 49:7) The punishment of Levi, indeed, was not only mitigated, but converted into an excellent dignity, inasmuch as his posterity were placed on a kind of watch-towers to keep the people in the paths of piety. In regard to Simeon, the dispersion of which Jacob... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:9

Verse 9 9.Out of the portion of the children of Judah, etc The praise of moderation is due to the tribe of Judah for not contending that the abstraction of any part of the inheritance already assigned to them was unjust. They might easily have obtruded the name of God, and asserted that it was only by his authority they had obtained that settlement. But as it is decided by the common consent of all the tribes that more has been given to them than they can possess without loss and injury to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:1

EXPOSITION THE LOT OF THE REMAINING TRIBES . And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. Literally, in the midst of. ἀνὰ μέσον , LXX .; in medio, Vulgate (cf. Joshua 19:9 ). Simeon, at the last census ( Numbers 26:14 ), was the smallest of the tribes of Israel, a fulfilment of the prophecy of Jacob, and possibly the result of the command given in Numbers 25:5 , since the Simeonites were the chief offenders on that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51

The completion of the work. The reflections suggested by this chapter are identical with those which have already occurred to us. They are, perhaps, emphasised by Joshua 19:51 , in which the solemn public division of the land is once more, and yet more plainly, declared to have taken place with the assent of the heads of Church and State, and to have been attended with a religious ceremony. Without pretending to say whose fault it is, or how such a desirable state of things may be once... read more

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