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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 . 19:27 It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon , touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north , as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel , and extended to Cabul on the north 19:28 and on to Ebron , Rehob , Hammon , and Kanah , as far as Greater Sidon . 19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre , turned to Hosah , and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib , 19:30 Umah , Aphek , and Rehob . In all they had twenty-two cities and their towns . 19:31 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans , including these cities and their towns .
Naphtali’s Tribal Lands
19:32 The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans . 19:33 Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim , went to Adami Nekeb , Jabneel and on to Lakkum , and ended at the Jordan River . 19:34 It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor , extended from there to Hukok , touched Zebulun on the south , Asher on the west , and the Jordan on the east . 19:35 The fortified cities included Ziddim , Zer , Hammath , Rakkath , Kinnereth , 19:36 Adamah , Ramah , Hazor , 19:37 Kedesh , Edrei , En Hazor , 19:38 Yiron , Migdal El , Horem , Beth Anath , and Beth Shemesh . In all they had nineteen cities and their towns . 19:39 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans , including the cities and their towns .
Dan’s Tribal Lands
19:40 The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans . 19:41 Their assigned land included Zorah , Eshtaol , Ir Shemesh , 19:42 Shaalabbin , Aijalon , Ithlah , 19:43 Elon , Timnah , Ekron , 19:44 Eltekeh , Gibbethon , Baalath , 19:45 Jehud , Bene Berak , Gath Rimmon , 19:46 the waters of Jarkon , and Rakkon , including the territory in front of Joppa . 19:47 (The Danites failed to conquer their territory , so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it . They renamed it Dan after their ancestor .) 19:48 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans , including these cities and their towns .
Joshua Receives Land
19:49 When they finished dividing the land into its regions , the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land . 19:50 As the Lord had instructed , they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country . He built up the city and lived in it. 19:51 These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest , Joshua son of Nun , and the Israelite tribal leaders made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting . So they finished dividing up the land .

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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

  • Dan

    [ebd] a judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. 30:6, "God hath judged me", Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, "Dan shall judge his people" (49:16), probably in ...
    [smith] (a judge). The fifth son of Jacob, and the first of Bilhah, Rachel?s maid. (Genesis 30:6) (B.C. after 1753.) The origin of the name is given in the exclamation of Rachel. The records of Dan are unusually meagre. Only one son...
    [nave] DAN 1. Fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30:6; 35:25. Descendants of, Gen. 46:23; Num. 26:42, 43. See: Tribe of, below. Blessed of Jacob, Gen. 49:16, 17. Tribe of Census of, Num. 1:39; 26:42, 43. Inheritance of, accor...

  • Naphtali

    [isbe] NAPHTALI - naf'-ta-li (naphtali; Nephthaleim): I. THE PATRIARCH 1. Name 2. Circumstances of His Birth 3. Historical and Traditional Details II. TRIBE OF NAPHTALI 1. Its Relative Position 2. Its Location in Palestine 3. Physi...
    [nave] NAPHTALI 1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30:7, 8; 35:25. Jacob blesses, Gen. 49:21. Sons of, Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13. 2. Tribe of. Census of, Num. 1:42, 43; 26:48-50. Position assigned to, in camp and march, Num. 2:25-3...

  • 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...

  • Beth-shemesh

    [ebd] house of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Juda...
    [isbe] BETH-SHEMESH - beth-she'-mesh, beth'-shemesh (beth-shemesh; Baithsamus, "house of the sun"): This name for a place doubtless arose in every instance from the presence of a sanctuary of the sun there. In accordance with the m...
    [nave] BETH-SHEMESH 1. A set apart city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; 1 Chr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9, 12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solomon's commi...

  • 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...

  • JIRJATHAIM

    [smith] (the two cities). On the east of the Jordan, one of the places which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the Reubenites, and had fresh names conferred on them, (Numbers 32:37) and see (Numbers 32:38) the first and last o...

  • ACCO

    [isbe] ACCO - ak'-o (`akko; [`Akcho]; Ake Ptolemais; Modern Arabic `Akka, English Acre; the King James Version Accho): A town on the Syrian coast a few miles north of Carmel, on a small promontory on the north side of a broad bay t...

  • Naphtali, Tribe of

    [ebd] On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, "Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words" (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future character and history of the tri...

  • Rehob

    [ebd] street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Sam. 8:3, 12). (2.) Neh. 10:11. (3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6, 8; Judg. 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num. 13:21). It is ...
    [isbe] REHOB - re'-hob (rechobh; Rhoob, Rhaab): (1) Etymologically the word means "broad" and might be applied either to a road or a plain. Rehob is given (Nu 13:21) as the northern limit of Israel as reached by the spies. This agr...
    [smith] The father of Hadadezer king of Zobah, whom David smote at the Euphrates. (2 Samuel 8:3,12) (B.C. before 1043.) A Levite or family of Levites who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:11) (B.C. 410.) The norther...
    [nave] REHOB 1. Father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, 2 Sam. 8:3, 12. 2. A Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:11. 3. A town in northern Palestine. The limit of the investigation made by the twelve spies, Num. 13:...

  • Ramah

    [isbe] RAMAH - ra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Neh 11:33; Jer 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to have stood on elevated sites. (1) Code...
    [smith] (a hill). This is the name of several places in the holy land. One of the cities of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:25) Its site is at er-Ram , about five miles from Jerusalem, and near to Gibeah. (Judges 4:5; 19:13; 1...
    [nave] RAMAH 1. Called Rama, Matt. 2:18. A city allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:25; Judg. 19:13. Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction of, by Asa, 1 Kin. 15:17-22; 2 Chr. 16:1-6. People of, return from the Babyl...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • ADAMI-NEKEB

    [isbe] ADAMI-NEKEB - ad'-a-mi ne'-keb 'adhami ha-neqebh, "the ground of the piercing," that is of the pass, or defile): A place mentioned in indicating the border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33). In the King James Version, Adami and Nekeb...

  • 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...
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