
Text -- Joshua 19:15 (NET)




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lehem - Not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, but another.

Wesley: Jos 19:15 - -- There are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and b...
There are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes.

Clarke: Jos 19:15 - -- Beth-lehem - The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.
Beth-lehem - The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.
TSK -> Jos 19:15

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Barnes -> Jos 19:15
Barnes: Jos 19:15 - -- Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely ...
Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely of points in or near the boundary line. It would therefore appear that seven names have disappeared from the text, and perhaps also the definition of the western frontier.
Poole -> Jos 19:15
Poole: Jos 19:15 - -- Bethlehem not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, thence called
Bethlehem Judah Mat 2:1 , but another.
Twelve cities: there are more n...
Bethlehem not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, thence called
Bethlehem Judah Mat 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 only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes, which is evident of some of them, and may well be presumed of others.
Haydock -> Jos 19:15
Haydock: Jos 19:15 - -- Bethlehem, very different from that of Juda. ---
Twelve. Nineteen are mentioned, but some of them belong to other tribes, (Calmet) or were not pro...
Bethlehem, very different from that of Juda. ---
Twelve. Nineteen are mentioned, but some of them belong to other tribes, (Calmet) or were not properly cities. (Menochius) ---
All the towns of Zabulon are not specified. (Calmet)
Gill -> Jos 19:15
Gill: Jos 19:15 - -- And Kattath, and Nahallal,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in Jos 21:34,
and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Jo...
And Kattath, and Nahallal,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in Jos 21:34,
and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, Jos 11:1,
and Idalah is a place Bochart conjectures t where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names:
and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this:
twelve cities with their villages; more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.

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NET Notes: Jos 19:15 Heb “Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem, twelve cities and their towns.” The words “their territory included” and...
Geneva Bible -> Jos 19:15
Geneva Bible: Jos 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and ( d ) Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
( d ) There was another Bethlehem in the ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Jos 19:1-51
TSK Synopsis: Jos 19:1-51 - --1 The lot of Simeon;10 of Zebulun;17 of Issachar;24 of Asher;32 of Naphtali;40 of Dan.49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua.
MHCC -> Jos 19:10-16
MHCC: Jos 19:10-16 - --In the division to each tribe of Israel, the prophetic blessings of Jacob were fulfilled. They chose for themselves, or it was divided to them by lot,...
Matthew Henry -> Jos 19:10-16
Matthew Henry: Jos 19:10-16 - -- This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though born of Leah after Issachar, yet was blessed by Jacob and Moses before him; and therefore it was so ordered ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Jos 19:10-16
Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 19:10-16 - --
The Inheritance of Zebulun fell above the plain of Jezreel, between this plain and the mountains of Naphtali, so that it was bounded by Asher on the...
Constable: Jos 13:1--21:45 - --II. THE DIVISION OF THE LAND chs. 13--21
Chapters 13-24 describe how Joshua divided the land and the results of ...

Constable: Jos 18:11--20:1 - --6. The inheritance of the remaining tribes 18:11-19:51
First the two and one-half tribes east of...
