INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 16 This chapter gives us an account of the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim, and the half tribe of Manasseh, one half having settled on the other side Jordan; and first the borders of the whole lot in general are given, Joshua 16:1; and then the borders of the tribe of... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LOT OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH FELL,.... Or, "went out" a; of the pot or urn, this being the next lot that was drawn to that of Judah, the government being Judah's, and the birthright Joseph's, 1 Chronicles 5:2; and by his children are here meant the tribe of Ephraim, and the tribe of Manasse... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GOETH OUT FROM BETHEL TO LUZ,.... For though these two places in time became one, yet they were originally distinct. Bethel, at which Jacob stopped, and who gave it its name, was a field adjacent to the city of Luz, Genesis 38:11; and therefore with propriety may be, as they here are, distinguis... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GOETH DOWN WESTWARD TO THE COAST OF JAPHLETI,.... This place is now unknown, though no doubt well known to the sons of Joseph, when this lot fell to them, and its border was described: UNTO THE COAST OF BETHHORON THE NETHER: so called to distinguish it from Bethhoron the upper, Joshua 16:5; thi... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH, MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, TOOK THEIR INHERITANCE. As it fell to them by the lot; by Manasseh is meant the half tribe of Manasseh, one half of that tribe having been settled by Moses on the other side Jordan; and next follows an account of the borders of the inheritance of Ephr... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES, WAS [THUS],.... Or what follows is the description of it: EVEN THE BORDER OF THEIR INHERITANCE ON THE EAST SIDE WAS ATAROTHADDAR, UNTO BETHHORON THE UPPER; the first was on the south of the inheritance, and the latter on the no... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BORDER WENT OUT TOWARDS THE SEA,.... The Mediterranean sea: TO MICHMETHAH ON THE NORTH SIDE; of the border, the same on which Bethhoron was, from whence the border proceeded on to this place, of which we have no other account but in Joshua 17:7; by which it appears to have been near Shechem... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT WENT DOWN FROM JOHANAN TO ATAROTH,.... This is different from Ataroth before mentioned, Joshua 16:2; there were several places of this name, as before observed; this seems to be that which Jerom places four miles from Sebaste or Samaria, Joshua 16:2; AND TO NAARATH; Jerom g says, that Naara... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BORDER WENT OUT FROM TAPPUAH WESTWARD,.... Which was different from the Tappuah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34; this was in the tribe of Ephraim on the border of Manasseh, Joshua 17:8; UNTO THE RIVER KANAH; supposed by some to be the brook Cherith, by which Elijah hid himself, 1 Kings 17:3... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SEPARATE CITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM,.... The tribe of Ephraim, being much larger than the half tribe of Manasseh, besides the lot that fell to it, described before by its boundaries, had several particular and distinct cities given to it: which [WERE] AMONG THE INHERITANCE OF THE CH... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY DROVE NOT OUT THE CANAANITES WHICH DWELT IN GEZER,.... Which was the border of their tribe length ways, and was near the sea, Joshua 16:3; in this they did not obey the command of God, and either they did not drive them out, because they could not, God not delivering them up into their hand... [ Continue Reading ]