Josua 19:38

38 und Jiron und Migdal-El, Horem und Beth-Anath und Beth-Semes: neunzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer.

Josua 19:38 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:38

And Iron
Of Iron no mention is made elsewhere;

and Migdalel,
which Jerom calls Magdiel, he says F13 was shown a small village, five miles from Dara, as you go to Ptolemais;

and Horem
is not mentioned anywhere elsewhere;

and Bethanath;
Jerom also relates F14, that Bathana, in the tribe of Naphtali, was a village that went by the name of Betbanes, fifteen miles from Caesarea;

and Bethshemesh
was another city, in which was a temple dedicated to the sun, when inhabited by the Canaanites; see ( Joshua 19:22 ) ; and so in Bethanath there might be a temple dedicated to some deity, though now uncertain what:

nineteen cities with their villages;
there are more mentioned, but some of them might be only boundaries, and so belonged to another tribe.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. L.
F14 Ibid. fol. 89. H.

Josua 19:38 In-Context

36 und Adama und Rama und Hazor,
37 und Kedes und Edrei und En-Hazor,
38 und Jiron und Migdal-El, Horem und Beth-Anath und Beth-Semes: neunzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer.
39 Das war das Erbteil des Stammes der Kinder Naphtali, nach ihren Geschlechtern, die Städte und ihre Dörfer.
40 Für den Stamm der Kinder Dan, nach ihren Geschlechtern, kam das siebte Los heraus.
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