Joshua 19:32-39

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:35

Chinnereth - See the note on Joshua 11:2 . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:36

Hazor - See the note on Joshua 11:1 . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:38

Nineteen cities - But if these cities be separately enumerated they amount to twenty-three; this is probably occasioned by reckoning frontier cities belonging to other tribes, which are only mentioned here as the boundaries of the tribe. See on Joshua 19:30 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:32

Verse 32 The next lot mentioned is that of Naphtali, and it seems to correspond with the disposition and manners of that tribe. For Jacob had testified, Naphtali is a hind let loose; he gave goodly words. For this reason they seem to have been contiguous on one side to the children of Judah, and to have been surrounded on other sides by the enclosures of their brethren. (171) Indeed, in its being said that the tribe of Dan took Lesen, there seems to be a tacit comparison, because the children... 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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:33

From Allon to Zaanannim. Or, the oak which is at Zaanannim (cf. Allon-bachuth, the oak of weeping, Genesis 35:8 ). Zaanannim is the same as the Zaanaim mentioned in 4:11 . For (1) the Keri is Zaanannim there, and the word here rightly translated "oak" is rendered there "plain," as in Genesis 12:6 and elsewhere. It has been supposed to lie northwest of Lake Huleh, the ancient Merom, whence we find that the scene of that famous battle was assigned to the tribe of Naphtali. The border... 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

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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:36

Hazor (see above, Joshua 11:1-10 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:37

Kedesh (see Joshua 12:22 ). It was the residence of Barak ( 4:6 ). Known to Josephus (Bell. Jud; 4. 2 3) as Cydoessa, to Eusebius and Jerome as Cydissus; it is now Kedes (see Robinson, 'Later Biblical Researches'). Edrei . Not the Edrei of Og, which was beyond Jordan. read more

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