Giosué 19:25

25 E della lor contrada fu Helcat, e Hali, e Beten,

Giosué 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.

Giosué 19:25 In-Context

23 Questa fu l’eredità della tribù de’ figliuoli d’Issacar, secondo le lor nazioni, cioè: queste città, con le lor villate.

24 POI la quinta sorte fu tratta per la tribù de’ figliuoli di Aser, secondo le lor nazioni.

25 E della lor contrada fu Helcat, e Hali, e Beten,

26 e Acsaf; e Alammelec, e Amead, e Miseal; e il lor confine si scontrava in Carmel, verso il mare e in Sihor-libnat.

27 Poi ritornava verso il Levante in Bet-dagon, e si scontrava in Zabulon, e nella valle d’Iftael, verso il Settentrione, e in Bet-emec, e in Neiel, e faceva capo a Cabul, dalla man sinistra;