And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher ,.... Which entitled them to an inheritance next described: according to their families ; which was sufficient for them, and divided to them according to their number. read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher ,.... As before described, a goodly heritage; it was, according to the prediction of Jacob and Moses, Genesis 49:20 ; a very fruitful country. Josephus F3 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. says, the country from Carmel called the valley, because it was such, even all over against Sidon, fell to the Asherites, Asher had Mount Libanus on the north, Naphtali on the east, Zebulun on the south and southeast, the sea on the west: ... read more
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
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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