Joshua 19:11

11 Toward the west the border ascends to Maralah and touches Dabbesheth and the river near Jokneam.

Joshua 19:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:11

And their border went up toward the sea
Westward towards the Mediterranean sea, which fulfilled the prophecies of Jacob and Moses, that Zebulun should dwell by the sea, be an haven of ships, and take of the abundance of the seas, as in the places before referred to; and so Josephus says, the Zebulunites took the land unto the lake of Gennesaret, by or about Carmel and the sea:

and Maralah;
which Jerom calls ^F7 the ascent of Zebulun; for from hence it went up from the sea, and reached to Dabbasheth; which Jerom calls Dasbath; the word signifies a hump that is on a camel's back, ( Isaiah 30:6 ) ; so called because when that is hurt by burdens it is cured with honey ^F8; it seems to denote some place or city at a point of land or promontory, that stood out towards the sea, as that of Carmel; or some city on the back of Carmel, resembling a camel's hump:

and reached to the river that [is] before Jokneam;
of Jokneam, (See Gill on Joshua 12:22); and this river was either the river Kishon, or Belus, sometimes called Pagida; from whence sand was taken to make glass of ^F11, and was near Carmel, as Jokneam was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. K.
F8 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 154. 2.
F11 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. & l. 36. c. 26.

Joshua 19:11 In-Context

9 Simeon's inheritance was a part of Judah's because Judah had more land than it needed. So Simeon received its inheritance inside Judah's borders.

10 The third lot was drawn for the families descended from Zebulun. The border of their inheritance goes as far as Sarid.

11 Toward the west the border ascends to Maralah and touches Dabbesheth and the river near Jokneam.

12 But from Sarid it turns directly east toward the border of Chisloth Tabor, on to Daberath, and then ascends toward Japhia.

13 From there it goes directly east to Gath Hepher, Eth Kazin, and Rimmon, where it turns to Neah.