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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Joshua 19

Joshua 19:1

JOSHUA CHAPTER 19 The second lot falls to Simeon; his borders among the tribe of Judah, whose inheritance was too great for them, JOSHUA 19:1. The third lot falls to Zebulun, JOSHUA 19:10. The fourth to Issachar, JOSHUA 19:17. The fifth to Asher, JOSHUA 19:24. The sixth to Naphtali, JOSHUA 19:32. Th... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:2

BEER-SHEBA,_ Sheba_, or, OR SHEBA, i.e. otherwise called; for that _Beer-sheba_ and _Sheba_ were one and the same city is manifest, both from JOSHUA 19:6, where all the cities are reckoned to be but _thirteen_; and from 1 CHRONICLES 4:28, where Simeon's cities are enumerated, and _Sheba_ omitted as... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:3

BALAH, called also _Bilhah_, 1 CHRONICLES 4:29; and _Baalah_, JOSHUA 15:29. For let this be observed, once for all, that the names of persons or places are frequently changed through length of time, or difference of dialects, or study of brevity and easiness in pronunciation, or new accidents, or ot... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:6

THIRTEEN CITIES, or, _towns_, as some of them are called. 1 CHRONICLES 4:32. Nor are all Simeon's cities here numbered, for _Etam_ is added, 1 CHRONICLES 4:32, unless that were built afterward.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:11

THE SEA, i.e. the midland sea, as on the other side it reached to the sea of Galilee, and so those prophecies concerning him, GENESIS 49:13 DEUTERONOMY 33:18, were abundantly fulfilled. JOKNEAM: supposed to be Kishon, JUDGES 4:7, or Belus, or Pagis.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:15

BETHLEHEM; not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, thence called BETHLEHEM JUDAH, MATTHEW 2:1, but another. TWELVE CITIES: there are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, having villages under their jurisdiction; or were not within this tribe, but on... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:18

JEZREEL, the royal city, 1 KINGS 21:1. This tribe, because it lay between Benjamin on the south and Zebulun on the north, is not here described by its borders, which were the same with theirs; but by some of its cities. _Shunera_, the birth-place of Abishag, 1 KINGS 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:26

CARMEL WESTWARD, or, _Carmel by the sea_, to distinguish it from that Carmel in the tribe of Judah, 1 SAMUEL 25:2. This was a place of eminent fruitfulness, ISAIAH 33:9, ISAIAH 35:2 37:24, agreeable to the prophecy concerning Asher, GENESIS 49:20 DEUTERONOMY 33:24.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:27

Either, 1. That country called _Cabul_, wherein were twenty cities, of which 1 KINGS 9:13. But this is not probable, because that was not within nor belonging to any particular tribe; for then Solomon could not have alienated it from them, and given it unto Hiram, whereas this did belong to Asher.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:28

KANAH, to wit, _Kanah the greater_, in the Upper Galilee, not _Kanah the less_, which was in the Lower Galilee. GREAT ZIDON; called _great_ for its antiquity, and riches, and glory. This city either was not given to the Israelites, but is only mentioned as their border; or at least was never possess... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:29

THE COAST TURNETH from the north southward. TO THE STRONG CITY TYRE; exclusively, for this city was no part of the land given them.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:33

THEIR COAST; their northern border, drawn from west to east, as appears, because when this coast is described and brought to its end, the coast is said to turn from the east westward, JOSHUA 19:34. The outgoings, i.e. the end of that coast.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:34

WESTWARD: this is unquestionably the southern border described from east to west. TO JUDAH, UPON JORDAN. QUEST. How can this be, when there were divers tribes between this and Judah, all which reached to Jordan? ANSW. He doth not say of Judah, as he doth of Zebulun and Asher, that it _reacheth_ to i... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:35

HAMMATH, or, _Hamath_; of which see NUMBERS 34:8 1 KINGS 8:65 2 KINGS 23:33. CHINNERETH; whence the lake of Chinnereth or Gennesaret received its name.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:41

THEIR INHERITANCE; which is here described only by its cities, not by its borders, which are in part the same with Judah s; and their inheritance is in good part taken out of Judah's too large portion, as appears from divers of the cities here mentioned, which are also reckoned as in Judah's portion... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:47

WENT OUT TOO LITTLE FOR THEM, Heb. _went out from them_, to wit, out of their hands or possession; for so this Hebrew word is used concerning those lands, which in the year of the jubilee are said to _go out_, LEVITICUS 25:28,30,31,33, i.e. out of the hands of the present possessor, to the first and... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:49

i.e. They are said _to give it_, because the whole land was given to Joshua, and Eleazar, and the princes, as joint trustees, acting in the name and for the good of the people; so that even Joshua could take nothing without their gift.... [ Continue Reading ]

Joshua 19:50

ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD; as God promised or commanded; either, first, formerly, as may be gathered from JOSHUA 16:6; where we read that _the Lord said_ something _unto Moses concerning me_, Caleb, and thee, Joshua; though only what is said to Caleb be there expressed, the other not being t... [ Continue Reading ]

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