Joshua 19:1-51 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:1-9

Simeon's lot was drawn after Judah?s, Joseph?s, and Benjamin?s, because Jacob had put that tribe under disgrace; yet it is put before the two younger sons of Leah and the three sons of the handmaids. Not one person of note, neither judge nor prophet, was of this tribe, that we know of. I. The situation of their lot was within that of Judah (Josh. 19:1) and was taken from it, Josh. 19:9. It seems, those that first surveyed the land thought it larger than it was, and that it would have held out... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:10-16

This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though born of Leah after Issachar, yet was blessed by Jacob and Moses before him; and therefore it was so ordered that his lot was drawn before that of Issachar, north of which it lay and south of Asher. 1. The lot of this tribe was washed by the great sea on the west, and by the sea of Tiberias on the east, answering Jacob's prophecy (Gen. 49:13), Zebulun shall be a haven of ships, trading ships on the great sea and fishing ships on the sea of Galilee. 2.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:17-23

The lot of Issachar ran from Jordan in the east to the great sea in the west, Manasseh on the south, and Zebulun on the north. A numerous tribe, Num. 26:25. Tola, one of the judges, was of this tribe, Jdg. 10:1. So was Baasha, one of the kings of Israel, 1 Kgs. 15:27. The most considerable places in this tribe were, 1. Jezreel, in which was Ahab's palace, and near it Naboth's vineyard. 2. Shunem, where lived that good Shunamite that entertained Elisha. 3. The river Kishon, on the banks of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:24-31

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, Luke 2:36. Nor were there many famous places in this tribe. Aphek (mentioned Josh. 19:30) was the place near which Benhadad was beaten by Ahad, 1 Kgs. 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... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:32-39

Naphtali lay furthest north of all the tribes, bordering on Mount Libanus. The city of Leshem, or Liash, lay on the utmost edge of it to the north, and therefore when the Danites had made themselves masters of it, and called it Dan, the length of Canaan from north to south was reckoned from Dan to Beersheba. It had Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah upon Jordan, probably a city of that name, and so distinguished from the tribe of Judah on the east. It was in the lot of this... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:40-48

Dan, though commander of one of the four squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which brought up the rear, yet was last provided for in Canaan, and his lot fell in the southern part of Canaan, between Judah on the east and the land of the Philistines on the west, Ephraim on the north and Simeon on the south. Providence ordered this numerous and powerful tribe into a post of danger, as best able to deal with those vexatious neighbours the Philistines, and so it was found in... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:49-51

Before this account of the dividing of the land is solemnly closed up, in the Josh. 19:51; which intimates that the thing was done to the satisfaction of all, here is an account of the particular inheritance assigned to Joshua. 1. He was last served, though the eldest and greatest man of all Israel, and who, having commanded in the conquest of Canaan, might have demanded the first settlement in it for himself and his family. But he would make it to appear that in all he did he sought the good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:1

And the second lot came forth to Simeon ,.... That is, the second of the seven lots, of which Benjamin's was the first; otherwise there were the two lots of Judah and Joseph, which preceded both these: even for the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families ; for though many of their cities had been given by lot to the tribe of Judah, yet it seems as if there were others they had by a special lot cast for them, as many as were sufficient for their families: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:2

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba ,.... Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used F26 Vid. Noldium, p. 280. No. 1200. , and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, Joshua 19:6 ; so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:28 ; Sheba is left out,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:3

And Hazarshual ,.... See Gill on Joshua 15:28 , and Balah, and Azem ; of these places see Gill on Joshua 15:29 ; for Balah is the same with Baalah there, and with Bilhah 1 Chronicles 4:29 ; and Azem with Ezem there. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:1-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:10-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:17-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:24-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:32-39

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:40-48

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:49-51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:3

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