
Text -- Joshua 19:41 (NET)




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Wesley -> Jos 19:41
Wesley: Jos 19:41 - -- Which is here described only by its cities, not its borders, which are in part the same with Judah's, and their inheritance is in good part taken out ...
Which is here described only by its cities, not 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 in Judah's portion.
JFB -> Jos 19:40-46
JFB: Jos 19:40-46 - -- It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distingu...
It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.
Zorah, and Eshtaol - See the note on Jos 15:33

Clarke: Jos 19:41 - -- Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.
Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.
TSK -> Jos 19:41
TSK: Jos 19:41 - -- Zorah : Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles north from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar...
Zorah : Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles north from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar Sorek. Jos 15:33, Zoreah, Jdg 13:2, Jdg 13:25, Jdg 16:31, Jdg 18:2; 1Ch 2:53; 2Ch 11:10
Irshemesh : Supposed by some to be the same as Beth-shemesh in the tribe of Judah; but this latter city is evidently distinguished from it by being assigned by the tribe of Judah to the Levites (Jos 21:16). Ir-shemesh rendered

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Poole -> Jos 19:41
Poole: Jos 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 inheritanc...
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.
Haydock -> Jos 19:41
Haydock: Jos 19:41 - -- Sun. Some suppose that it is the same with Bethsames of Juda, which was ceded to the Levites. (Calmet) ---
Dan lay on the west of Juda. (Haydock)...
Sun. Some suppose that it is the same with Bethsames of Juda, which was ceded to the Levites. (Calmet) ---
Dan lay on the west of Juda. (Haydock) ---
Selebin, where the Amorrhites maintained themselves, Judges i. 35.
Gill -> Jos 19:41
Gill: Jos 19:41 - -- And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,.... The tribe of Dan is not described by places the boundaries of it, as other tribes, but ...
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,.... The tribe of Dan is not described by places the boundaries of it, as other tribes, but by its cities, which were chiefly, at least several of them, taken out of the tribe of Judah, as the two first of these most manifestly were; See Gill on Jos 15:33,
and Irshemesh signifies the city of the sun, as the Targum interprets it, and was so called very probably from a temple in it, dedicated to the idolatrous worship of the sun, but a different place from Bethshemesh in other tribes; though those of that name, as this, had it for the like reason; and so Heliopolis, in Egypt, which signifies the same, where was a temple of the same kind; as there was another city of this name, between the mountains of Libanus and Antilibanus, now called Balbec p, where the ruins of the temple are yet to be seen: but this was a different place, the Septuagint version calls it Sammaus, and it was, according to Jerom q, the same with Emmaus, afterwards called Nicopolis; which, if the same Emmaus with that in Luk 24:13; though some doubt it, was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, or seven miles and a half.

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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 19:17-51
MHCC: Jos 19:17-51 - --Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, ...
Matthew Henry -> Jos 19:40-48
Matthew Henry: Jos 19:40-48 - -- Dan, though commander of one of the four squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which brought up the rear, yet was last provided f...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Jos 19:40-48
Keil-Delitzsch: Jos 19:40-48 - --
The Inheritance of the Tribe of Dan. - This fell to the west of Benjamin, between Judah and Ephraim, and was formed by Judah giving up some of its n...
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...
