Giosué 19:15

15 e comprendeva Cattat, e Nahalal, e Simron, e Ideala, e Betlehem; dodici città, con le lor villate.

Giosué 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:15

And Kattath, and Nahallal
Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in ( Joshua 21:34 Joshua 21:35 ) ( Judges 1:30 ) ;

and Shimron
was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, ( Joshua 11:1 ) ( 12:20 ) ;

and Idalah
is a place Bochart conjectures ^F20 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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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Canaan, l. 1. c. 3. col. 356.

Giosué 19:15 In-Context

13 e di là passava verso il Levante in Ghitta-hefer, e Itta-casin; poi, girando verso Nea, si stendeva fino a Rimmon;

14 poi quel confine si volgeva dal Settentrione verso Hannaton, e faceva capo alla valle d’Iftael;

15 e comprendeva Cattat, e Nahalal, e Simron, e Ideala, e Betlehem; dodici città, con le lor villate.

16 Questa fu l’eredità de’ figliuoli di Zabulon, secondo le lor nazioni, cioè: queste città, con le lor villate.

17 LA quarta sorte fu tratta per Issacar, per li figliuoli d’Issacar, secondo le lor nazioni.