Joshua 19:29-31 ASV

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 19:29

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:30

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:31

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:29

The strong city Tyre - I suspect this to be an improper translation. Perhaps the words of the original should be retained: And the coast turneth to Ramah and to the city, צר מבצר mibtsar tsor . Our translators have here left the Hebrew, and followed the Septuagint and Vulgate, a fault of which they are sometimes guilty. The former render the place ἑως πολεως οχυρωματος των Τυριων , unto the fortified city of the Tyrians. The Vulgate is nearly the same: ad civitatem munitissimam... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:30

Twenty and two cities - There are nearly thirty cities in the above enumeration instead of twenty-two, but probably several are mentioned that were but frontier towns, and that did not belong to this tribe, their border only passing by such cities; and on this account, though they are named, yet they do not enter into the enumeration in this place. Perhaps some of the villages are named as well as the cities. 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 19:29

The strong city Tyre. Rather, the fortified city. The general impression among commentators appears to be that the island city of Tyre, afterwards so famous, had not as yet come into existence. And the word here used, מִבְצַר seems to be more in accordance with the idea of a land fortress than of one so exceptionally protected.as an island fortress would be. This expression, like "great Zidon" above, implies the comparative antiquity of the Book of Joshua. The island city of Tyre, so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:30

Aphek (see Joshua 13:4 ). Twenty and two cities with their villages. The difficulty of tracing the boundary of Asher seems to be that it was traced, not by a line plainly marking out the territory, but less accurately, by a reference to the relative position of its principal cities. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:31

This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher. Asher appears to have been allotted a long but narrow strip of territory between Naphtali and the sea. The natural advantages of the territory must have been great. Not only was it described prophetically by Jacob ( Genesis 49:20 ) and by Moses ( Deuteronomy 33:24 , Deuteronomy 33:25 ), but the prosperity of the two great maritime cities of Tyro and Sidon was due to the immense commercial advantages the neighbourhood afforded. St. Jean... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:24-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:31

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