Jezreel: 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:15, 1 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Kings 9:15, 2 Kings 9:30, Hosea 1:4, Hosea 1:5 Chesulloth: Probably the same as Chisloth-tabor. Joshua 19:12 Shunem: 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Kings 1:3, 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 4:8, 2 Kings 4:12 Reciprocal: Joshua 17:16 - Jezreel Judges 6:33 - the valley 1 Samuel 29:1 - Jezreel 1 Samuel 29:11 - And the Philistines 2 Samuel 2:9 - over Jezreel 1 Kings 18:45 - Ahab read more
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,Jezreel — The royal city, 1 Kings 21:1. This tribe, because it lay between Benjamin on the south, and Zebulun on the north, is not here described by its borders, which were the same with theirs; but by some of its cities. read more
ISSACHAR’S LOT, Joshua 19:17-23. The territory of this tribe was bounded on the north by Zebulun, on the east by the Jordan, and on the south and west by Manasseh. It took in a large portion of the most beautiful and desirable parts of the great plain of Esdraelon. For the sake of securing themselves in so desirable a portion as the fertile plain of Esdraelon the children of Issachar became humbly subservient to the Canaanites of the adjacent fortified towns, and to the proud country of... read more
18. Their border was toward Jezreel Or, rather, it encompassed this city. The writer begins to trace the border, but really enumerates the cities included within it. These were all in the eastern part of the plain of Esdraelon. Jezreel, a name often applied to the plain of Esdraelon, is here limited to a city standing on a gentle swell which rises out of it. It was the chief residence of King Ahab, and seat of the worship of Baal and Astarte, the cult of the Phenician Jezebel. It was... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:18
Jos 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, Ver. 18. And their border was toward Jezreel, &c. ] In a rich and fat soil, according to that was foretold by Jacob and Moses; Genesis 49:14-15 Deu 33:18-19 - "And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant: and he bowed his shoulders to bear, and became a servant to tribute." This was a low poor spirit, and his posterity were, for the general, very unworthy and vile: for his lot here fell in... read more