Joshua 19:25

25 And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

Joshua 19:25 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:25

And their border was Helkath
Helkath seems to be the same with Hukok, ( 1 Chronicles 6:75 ) ; and according to Masius it lay ten or twelve miles above Ptolemais;

and Hali,
of which we read nowhere else.

and Beten
is by Jerom ^F8 called Bathne, and was in his time a village by the name of Bethebem, eight miles from Ptolemais to the east. Reland

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 seems to think it might be the Ecbatana of Pliny ^F11, which he speaks of as near Mount Carmel, and not far from Ptolemais;

and Achshaph
was a royal city, whose king was taken by Joshua, (See Gill on Joshua 11:1).

F8 De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H.
F9 Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 617.
F11 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.

Joshua 19:25 In-Context

23 This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

25 And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

26 Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel westward, along the Brook Shihor Libnath.

27 It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was on the left,