Joshua 19:26

26 And Alammelech and Amad and Mishal, stretching to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath;

Joshua 19:26 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:26

And Alammelech, and Amad
Of the two first of these there is no mention elsewhere;

and Misheal
is the same with Mashal, ( 1 Chronicles 6:74 ) ; and is by Jerom

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 called Masan, and said to be near Carmel to the sea:

and reacheth to Carmel westward;
or, "to the sea", as Carmel is called "Carmel by the sea", (See Gill on Jeremiah 46:18): it is hereby distinguished from Carmel in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:55 ) ; (Pliny ^F13 calls it a promontory):

and to Shihorlibnath;
the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions make two places of it: but the sum of the cities after given will not admit of it: more rightly Junius renders it Sihor by Libhath, and takes Sihor to be the river Belus, or Pagidus; so called either because of its likeness to the Nile, one of whose names is Sihor, ( Jeremiah 2:18 ) ; or because its waters might be black and muddy; it was the river out of which sand was fetched to make glass of: and Libnath, which has its name from whiteness, the same writer thinks may be the Album Promontorium, or white promontory of Pliny ^F14, which he places near Ptolemais, between Ecdippa and Tyre, and is very probable.

F12 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. E.
F13 Ut supra. (Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.)
F14 Ibid.

Joshua 19:26 In-Context

24 And the fifth heritage came out for the tribe of Asher by their families.

25 And their limit was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph

26 And Alammelech and Amad and Mishal, stretching to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath;

27 Turning to the east to Beth-dagon and stretching to Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el as far as Beth-emek and Neiel to the north; on the left it goes as far as Cabul

28 And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, to great Zidon;