Josué 19:27 NVT

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 19:27

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

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

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 19:27

Beth-dagon. We learn that Dagon, the fish-god, was worshipped here as well as in the south of Palestine (see Joshua 15:41 ). The Valley of Jiphthah-el. This valley, or gai, is mentioned above, Joshua 19:14 , as the extreme northern border of Zebulun. Cabul . We read of a Cabul in 1 Kings 9:11-13 , but it can hardly be this place, though clearly not far off. For we read that the name given to that territory was given then by Hiram. There is a κωμὴ χαβωλώ πτολεμαίδος μεθόριον... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 19:27

Joshua 19:27. Cabul A city so called. Left hand That is, on the north, which, when men look toward the east, as is usual, is on their left hand. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51

The seven smaller tribes (18:1-19:51)Allotments were now finished for two and a half tribes on the east of Jordan (Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh) and two and a half tribes on the west (Judah, Ephraim and the other half of Manasseh). The next task was to settle the seven smaller tribes that remained. For this purpose the camp, including the tabernacle, was shifted from Gilgal to a more central location at Shiloh (18:1-2; cf. 5:10; 10:6,15,43; 14:6; 19:51; 22:9,12).Many of the people had by... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 19:27

Ver. 27. And goeth out to Cabul on the left hand— That is, to the north of this city, according to the custom of the Hebrews in the designation of the four cardinal points. Some learned men have concluded from this passage, that the Book of Joshua could not have been written before Solomon's time, because, say they, the land of Cabul received its name from Hiram, king of Tyre, who called it so in contempt, 1 Kings 9:11-13.; but this is a manifest mistake: the question here is not about the land... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 19:27

24-31. the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher—The western boundary is traced from north to south through the cities mentioned; the site of them, however, is unknown. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 19:11-51

6. The inheritance of the remaining tribes 18:11-19:51First the two and one-half tribes east of the Jordan received their land. Then Judah, the primary recipient of Jacob’s patriarchal blessing, and Joseph, the recipient of Jacob’s patriarchal birthright, received their allotments (chs. 15-17). Finally the remaining tribes received their inheritances in the land. read more