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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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:34

And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor ,.... This was the southern border, reaching from east to west; it began at Aznothtabor, which Jerom F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. I. says was a village in his time belonging to the country of Diocaesarea, in the plains; there is another place called Chislothtabor, on the borders of Zebulun, Joshua 19:12 , and goeth out from thence to Hukkok : there the southern border ended, which was in the border of Asher, and is the same with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:35

And the fenced cities are Ziddim ,.... The later name of Ziddim, according to the Talmud F9 Ut supra. (T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.) , was Cepharchitiya, or the village of wheat, perhaps from the large quantity or goodness of wheat there: Zer is called by Jerom F11 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. A. Sor, and interpreted Tyre, the metropolis of Phoenicia, very wrongly, and, in the tribe of Naphtali: and Hammath probably was built by the youngest son of Canaan, Genesis 10:18 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:34

And to Judah upon Jordan - It is certain that the tribe of Naphtali did not border on the east upon Judah, for there were several tribes betwixt them. Some think that as these two tribes were bounded by Jordan on the east, they might be considered as in some sort conjoined, because of the easy passage to each other by means of the river; but this might be said of several other tribes as well as of these. There is considerable difficulty in the text as it now stands; but if, with the... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:34

And then the coast turneth westward. Here the words are literally translated without any confusion between the west and the sea, nor any misapprehension of the meaning of the word נסב . Reacheth . This is the same word translated skirteth above, Joshua 19:11 , note. We have it here clearly stated that Naphtali was bordered on the south by Zebulun, on the west by Asher, and on the east by "Judah upon Jordan." To Judah. These words have caused great trouble to translators and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:35

And the fenced cities. The remark is made in the 'Speaker's Commentary' that the number of fenced cities in the north were no doubt owing to a determination to protect the northern boundary of Israel by a chain of fortresses. The word fenced is the same that is rendered strong in Joshua 19:29 , "the strong city Tyre." Chinnereth (see Joshua 11:2 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 19:34

Aznoth-tabor - This place (“ears of Tabor”) was no doubt in the neighborhood of Mount Tabor - probably on the eastern slope; and Hukkok on the western slope.To Judah upon Jordan - i. e. to the “Havoth-jair” Numbers 32:41, which were on the opposite side of Jordan. Jair, from whom these towns or villages were named, traced his ancestry in the male line through Hezron to Judah Numbers 27:1; and it is likely that he was assisted by large numbers of his kinsmen of that tribe in his rapid conquest... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 19:35-38

The number of the fortified cities of Naphtali is remarkable, though it does not tally with the catalogue. It was no doubt good policy to protect the northern frontier by a belt of fortresses, as the south was protected by the fenced cities of Judah. Hammath, a Levitical city (compare Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:76), is not to be confounded with the Hamath on the northeastern frontier of the land Numbers 13:21. The name (from a root signifying “to be warm”) probably indicates that hot springs... read more

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