Joshua 19:25-30 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:25

And their border was Helkath ,.... Helkath seems to be the same with Hukok, 1 Chronicles 6:75 ; and according to Masius it lay ten or twelve miles above Ptolemais: and Hali , of which we read nowhere else. and Beten is by Jerom F8 De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. called Bathne, and was in his time a village by the name of Bethebem, eight miles from Ptolemais to the east. Reland F9 Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 617. seems to think it might be the Ecbatana of Pliny F11 Nat.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:26

And Alammelech, and Amad ,.... Of the two first of these there is no mention elsewhere: and Misheal is the same with Mashal, 1 Chronicles 6:74 ; and is by Jerom F12 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. E. called Masan, and said to be near Carmel to the sea: and reacheth to Carmel westward ; or, "to the sea", as Carmel is called "Carmel by the sea"; see Gill on Jeremiah 46:18 , it is hereby distinguished from Carmel in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55 ; (Pliny F13 Ut supra. (Nat.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:27

And turneth towards the sunrising ,.... Or eastward: to Bethdagon ; there was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah; see Gill on Joshua 15:41 . Dagon, being a god of the Phoenicians, had temples built for him in various places in Canaan: and reacheth to Zebulun ; not the tribe of Zebulun, but a city so called, the same Josephus F15 De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 18. sect. 9. calls a strong city of Galilee, which had the name of Men, perhaps from the populousness of it, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:28

And Hebron ,.... Hebron seems to be the same with Abdon, Joshua 21:30 ; ר and ד being changed, of which there are other instances; and hereby this is distinguished from another Hebron in the tribe of Judah, more commonly known, Joshua 15:54 , and Rehob ; in the time of Jerom F19 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. A. , there was a village called Rooba, four miles from Scythopolis, and which he says was a city separated to the Levites, as this was, or one of the same name in this tribe;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:29

And then the coast turneth to Ramah ,.... Which was a city in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36 ; and on the borders of Asher; though Jerom F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B. distinguishes them, and speaks of a Ramah in Asher, and another in Naphtali, as different cities of the same name; as there were several of this name, so called from their being built on an eminence. Masius conjectures it is the same with Sarepta, Luke 4:26 ; famous for its wine; and Bacchus, as the poet says,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:30

Ummah also ,.... Ummah is not mentioned any where else: and Aphek ; of which; see Gill on Joshua 12:18 , and Rehob ; of which; see Gill on Joshua 19:28 , twenty and two cities with their villages : there are more set down in the account, but some of them did not belong to the tribe, only were on the border of it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:26

Carmel - The vineyard of God; a place greatly celebrated in Scripture, and especially for the miracles of Elijah; see 1 Kings 18:19-40. The mountain of Carmel was so very fruitful as to pass into a proverb. There was another Carmel in the tribe of Judah, (see Joshua 15:55 ;), but this, in the tribe of Asher, was situated about one hundred and twenty furlongs south from Ptolemais, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Calmet observes that there was, in the time of Vespasian, a temple on... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:27

Cabul on the left hand - That is, to the north of Cabul, for so the left hand, when referring to place, is understood among the Hebrews. We must not confound this town or Cabul with the twenty cities given by Solomon to Hiram, with which he was displeased, and which in contempt he called the land of Cabul, the dirty or paltry land, 1 Kings 9:11-13 ; : there was evidently a town of this name, widely different from the land so called, long before the time of Solomon, and therefore... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:28

Unto great Zidon - The city of Sidon and the Sidonians are celebrated from the remotest antiquity. They are frequently mentioned by Homer. See the note on Joshua 11:8 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:28

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