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Simeon’s Tribal Lands
19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans . 19:2 Their assigned land included Beer Sheba , Moladah , 19:3 Hazar Shual , Balah , Ezem , 19:4 Eltolad , Bethul , Hormah , 19:5 Ziklag , Beth Marcaboth , Hazar Susah , 19:6 Beth Lebaoth , and Sharuhen – a total of thirteen cities and their towns , 19:7 Ain , Rimmon , Ether , and Ashan – a total of four cities and their towns , 19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev ). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans . 19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion , for Judah’s territory was too large for them ; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.
Zebulun’s Tribal Lands
19:10 The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans . The border of their territory extended to Sarid . 19:11 Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near Jokneam . 19:12 From Sarid it turned eastward to the territory of Kisloth Tabor , extended to Daberath , and went up to Japhia . 19:13 From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon , turning toward Neah . 19:14 It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El . 19:15 Their territory included Kattah , Nahalal , Shimron , Idalah , and Bethlehem ; in all they had twelve cities and their towns . 19:16 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans , including these cities and their towns .
Issachar’s Tribal Lands
19:17 The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar by its clans . 19:18 Their assigned land included Jezreel , Kesulloth , Shunem , 19:19 Hapharaim , Shion , Anaharath , 19:20 Rabbith , Kishion , Ebez , 19:21 Remeth , En Gannim , En Haddah and Beth Pazzez . 19:22 Their border touched Tabor , Shahazumah , and Beth Shemesh , and ended at the Jordan . They had sixteen cities and their towns . 19:23 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans , including the cities and their towns .
Asher’s Tribal Lands
19:24 The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher by its clans . 19:25 Their territory included Helkath , Hali , Beten , Acshaph , 19:26 Alammelech , Amad , and Mishal . Their border touched Carmel to the west and Shihor Libnath .

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  • Joshua

    [nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...

  • JOSHUA (2)

    [isbe] JOSHUA (2) - || I. FORM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME II. HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSHUA 1. First Appearance 2. The Minister of Moses 3. One of the Spies 4. The Head of the People (1) His First Act--Sending of the Spies (2) Crossi...

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Issachar

    [ebd] hired (Gen. 30:18). "God hath given me," said Leah, "my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar." He was Jacob's ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egyp...
    [isbe] ISSACHAR - is'-a-kar (yissa(se)khar; Septuagint, Swete Issachar; Tischendorf, Issachar, so also in the New Testament, Tregelles, and Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek): (1) The 9th son of Jacob, the 5th borne to ...
    [smith] (reward). I. The ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah. (Genesis 30:17,18) (B.C. 1753-45) At the descent into Egypt four sons are ascribed to him, who founded the four chief families of the tribes. (Genesis 46:13; Numbers ...
    [nave] ISSACHAR 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 30:18; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Jacob's prophetic benedictions upon, Gen. 49:14, 15. In the time of David, 1 Chr. 7:2, 5. See Tribe of below. Tribe of Military forces of, taken at Sinai, Num. ...

  • Simeon

    [smith] (heard). The second of Jacob?s son by Leah. His birth is recorded in (Genesis 29:33) The first group of Jacob?s children consists, besides Simeon, of the three other sons of Leah --Reuben, Levi, Judah. Besides the massacre o...
    [nave] SIMEON 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 29:33; 35:23; Ex. 1:1, 2; 1 Chr. 2:1. With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah, Gen. 34; 49:5-7. Jacob's denunciation of, Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7. Goes down into Egypt to buy g...

  • Zebulun

    [isbe] ZEBULUN - zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn; the first form occurs only in Jdg 1:30; the other two are frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Gen 30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed m...
    [nave] ZEBULUN 1. Son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Descendants of, Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26, 27. Called also Zabulon. 2. Tribe of. Place of, in march and camp, Num. 2:3, 7; 10:14, 16. Te...

  • Amam

    [nave] AMAM A city of Judah, Josh. 15:26. Probably situated within the district assigned afterward to Simeon, Josh. 19:1-9.

  • NEGEB

    [isbe] NEGEB - neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the Septuagint it is usually translated ere...

  • Simeon, The tribe of

    [ebd] was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thir...

  • Asher

    [ebd] happy, Jacob's eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah's handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex. 1:4, etc.) It increased i...
    [smith] Apocrypha and New Testament, A?ser (blessed), the eighth son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah?s handmaid. (Genesis 30:13) (B.C. 1753.) The general position of his tribe was on the seashore from Carmel northward with Manasseh on the ...
    [nave] ASHER 1. Son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Gen. 30:13; 35:26; 49:20; Ex. 1:4; 1 Chr. 2:2. Descendants of, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:44-47. 2. Tribe of: Census of, by families, Num. 1:40, 41; 26:44-47; 1 Chr. 7:40; 12:36. Station of, in ...

  • GENESIS, 4

    [isbe] GENESIS, 4 - IV. The Historical Character. 1. History of the Patriarchs: (Genesis 12 through 50): (1) Unfounded Attacks upon the History. (a) From General Dogmatic Principles: In order to disprove the historical character of...

  • Zebulun, Lot of

    [ebd] in Galilee, to the north of Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali (Josh. 19:10-16), and between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. According to ancient prophecy this part of Galilee enjoyed a large share of our Lor...

  • GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

    [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...

  • SIMEON (1)

    [isbe] SIMEON (1) - sim'-e-on (shim`on; Sumeon; the Hebrew root is from shama`, "to hear" (Gen 29:33); some modern scholars (Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, etc.) derive it from Arabic sima`, "the offspring of the hyena and female wolf...

  • Sarid

    [isbe] SARID - sa'-rid (saridh; Codex Vaticanus Esedekgola, Seddouk; Codex Alexandrinus Sarthid, Sarid): A place on the southern border of Zebulun to the West of Chisloth-tabor (Josh 19:10,12). It is mentioned but not identified in...
    [smith] (survivor), a chief landmark of the territory of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:10,12) All that can be gathered of its position is that it lay to the west of Chislothtabor.
    [nave] SARID, a city on the boundary of the tribe of Zebulun, Josh. 19:10, 12.

  • Tabor

    [isbe] TABOR - ta'-ber, tar'-bor (tabhor; Codex Vaticanus Thachcheia; Codex Alexandrinus Thabor): One of the towns in the territory of Zebulun, given to the Merarite Levites (1 Ch 6:77). The parallel list in Josh 21:24 f contains n...
    [smith] is mentioned in the lists of 1Chr 6 as a city of the Merarite Levites, in the tribe of Zebulun. ver. (1 Chronicles 6:77) The list of the towns of Zebulun. Josh 19 contains the name of Chisloth-tabor. ver. (Joshua 19:12) It...
    [nave] TABOR 1. A mountain on the border of Issachar, Josh. 19:22; Judg. 8:18; Psa. 89:12; Jer. 46:18; Hos. 5:1. Assembling place of Barak's army, Judg. 4:6, 12, 14. 2. A plain of unknown location, 1 Sam. 10:3. 3. A Levitical ci...

  • Chesulloth

    [ebd] fertile places; the loins, a town of Issachar, on the slopes of some mountain between Jezreel and Shunem (Josh. 19:18). It has been identified with Chisloth-tabor, 2 1/2 miles to the west of Mount Tabor, and north of Jezreel...
    [isbe] CHESULLOTH - ke-sul'-oth (ha-keculloth; B, Chasaloth, A, Achesaloth): A town on the border of Zebulun (Josh 19:18), the same as Chisloth-tabor (Josh 19:12). It is represented by the modern village Iksal on the northern edge ...
    [smith] (the loins), one of the towns of Issachar. (Joshua 19:18) From its position int he lists it appears to be between Jezreel and Shunem (Salam).
    [nave] CHESULLOTH A city of Issachar, Josh. 19:18. Probably identical with Chozeba, 1 Chr. 4:22, and Achzib, Josh. 15:44.

  • Abez

    [ebd] tin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:20), at the north of the plain of Esdraelon. It is probably identified with the ruins of el-Beida.
    [isbe] ABEZ - a'-bez: Used in the King James Version (Josh 19:20) for EBEZ, which see.
    [smith] (lofty), a town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in (Joshua 19:20) only.
    [nave] ABEZ, a city of Issachar, Josh. 19:20.

  • Kattath

    [ebd] (Josh. 19:15), a town of Asher, has been identified with Kana el Jelil. (See CANA.)
    [isbe] KATTATH - kat'-ath (qaTTath): A city in the territory of Zebulun, named with Iphtah-el, Nahalel, and Shimron (Josh 19:15), perhaps to be identified with Kitron (Jdg 1:30), from which Zebulun did not expel the Canaanites; and...
    [smith] (small), one of cities of the tribe of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:15)
    [nave] KATTATH, a city in Zebulun, Josh. 19:15.

  • Remeth

    [ebd] another form of Ramah (q.v.) or Ramoth (1 Chr. 6:73; Josh. 19:21), and probably also of Jarmuth (Josh. 21:29).
    [isbe] REMETH - re'-meth, rem'-eth (remeth; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmas; Codex Alexandrinus Rhamath): A place in the territory of Issachar named with En-gannim (Josh 19:21). It is probably identical with Ramoth of 1 Ch 6:73, and Jarmut...
    [smith] (height), one of the towns of Issachar. (Joshua 19:21) It is probably though not certainly, a distinct place from the RAMOTH of (1 Chronicles 6:73)
    [nave] REMETH Josh. 19:21
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