Josué 19:25

25 Seu território abrangia:Helcate, Hali, Béten, Acsafe,

Josué 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.

Josué 19:25 In-Context

23 Essas cidades com os seus povoados foram a herança da tribo de Issacar, clã por clã.

24 Na quinta vez, a sorte saiu para Aser, clã por clã.

25 Seu território abrangia:Helcate, Hali, Béten, Acsafe,

26 Alameleque, Amade e Misal. A oeste a fronteira alcançava o Carmelo e Sior-Libnate.

27 De lá virava para o leste em direção a Bete-Dagom, alcançava Zebulom e o vale de Iftá-El e ia para o norte, para Bete-Emeque e Neiel, passando por Cabul, à esquerda,