Joshua 19:25

25 Their boundary 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 Issachar's descendants by their clans, the cities, with their villages.

24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher's descendants by their clans.

25 Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal and reached westward to Carmel and Shihor-libnath.

27 It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, passed Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el, north toward Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north to Cabul,