Verse 33
And their coast was from Heleph ,.... That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:
from Allon to Zaanannim ; or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim F4 "Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator. ; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, Judges 4:11 .
and Adami, Nekeb ; some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists F5 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, Joshua 3:16 ; as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; See Gill on Joshua 3:16 ,
and Jabneel ; Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, Joshua 15:11 ; and is called by the Jews F6 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. since Cepherjamah:
unto Lakum ; of which we nowhere else read:
and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan ; here the coast ended this way.
Be the first to react on this!
