Joshua 19:18

Listen to Joshua 19:18
18 Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Joshua 19:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:18

And their border was towards Jezreel
Which was a royal seat in the time of Ahab, ( 1 Kings 21:1 ) ; and according to Jerom was near to Maximianopolis; (See Gill on Hosea 1:5); and the same writer F21 says in his day a large village of this name was shown in the great plain between Scythopolis and Legion (he means the plain of Jezreel), and it was the border of Issachar:

and Chesulloth
was different from the Chislothtabor, ( Joshua 19:12 ) ; that, as Masius observes, was to the north, this to the south of Mount Tabor;

and Shunem
is a place well known for being the dwelling place of a certain woman in the times of Elisha, whose son the prophet raised from the dead, ( 2 Kings 4:8 ) ; Jerom calls it Sonam, where was the Shunammite woman; but this city here seems to be what he calls Salem, in the tribe of Issachar; and he adds, that there was shown in his day a village by this name, five miles from Mount Tabor to the south F23: according to Bunting F24, it was forty eight miles from Jerusalem to the north, not far from Nain.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I.
F23 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K. L.
F24 Travels, p. 143.
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Joshua 19:18 In-Context

16 This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:
18 Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
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