Giosué 19:11

11 E il lor confine saliva verso il mare, fino a Mareala; e si scontrava in Dabbeset, e giungeva al torrente, che è dirincontro a Iocneam.

Giosué 19:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:11

And their border went up toward the sea
Westward towards the Mediterranean sea, which fulfilled the prophecies of Jacob and Moses, that Zebulun should dwell by the sea, be an haven of ships, and take of the abundance of the seas, as in the places before referred to; and so Josephus says, the Zebulunites took the land unto the lake of Gennesaret, by or about Carmel and the sea:

and Maralah;
which Jerom calls ^F7 the ascent of Zebulun; for from hence it went up from the sea, and reached to Dabbasheth; which Jerom calls Dasbath; the word signifies a hump that is on a camel's back, ( Isaiah 30:6 ) ; so called because when that is hurt by burdens it is cured with honey ^F8; it seems to denote some place or city at a point of land or promontory, that stood out towards the sea, as that of Carmel; or some city on the back of Carmel, resembling a camel's hump:

and reached to the river that [is] before Jokneam;
of Jokneam, (See Gill on Joshua 12:22); and this river was either the river Kishon, or Belus, sometimes called Pagida; from whence sand was taken to make glass of ^F11, and was near Carmel, as Jokneam was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. K.
F8 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 154. 2.
F11 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. & l. 36. c. 26.

Giosué 19:11 In-Context

9 L’eredità de’ figliuoli di Simeone fu tolta della parte de’ figliuoli di Giuda; perciocchè la parte de’ figliuoli di Giuda era troppo grande per loro; perciò i figliuoli di Simeone ebbero la loro eredità per mezzo l’eredità di essi.

10 POI la terza sorte fu tratta per li figliuoli di Zabulon, secondo le lor nazioni; e il confine della loro eredità fu infino a Sarid.

11 E il lor confine saliva verso il mare, fino a Mareala; e si scontrava in Dabbeset, e giungeva al torrente, che è dirincontro a Iocneam.

12 E da Sarid si volgeva verso il Levante, a’ confini di Chislot-tabor; e si stendeva verso Dabrat, e saliva in Iafia;

13 e di là passava verso il Levante in Ghitta-hefer, e Itta-casin; poi, girando verso Nea, si stendeva fino a Rimmon;