Joshua 19:38

38 Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

Joshua 19:38 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:38

And Iron
Of Iron no mention is made elsewhere;

and Migdalel,
which Jerom calls Magdiel, he says ^F13 was shown a small village, five miles from Dara, as you go to Ptolemais;

and Horem
is not mentioned anywhere elsewhere;

and Bethanath;
Jerom also relates ^F14, that Bathana, in the tribe of Naphtali, was a village that went by the name of Betbanes, fifteen miles from Caesarea;

and Bethshemesh
was another city, in which was a temple dedicated to the sun, when inhabited by the Canaanites; see ( Joshua 19:22 ) ; and so in Bethanath there might be a temple dedicated to some deity, though now uncertain what:

nineteen cities with their villages;
there are more mentioned, but some of them might be only boundaries, and so belonged to another tribe.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. L.
F14 Ibid. fol. 89. H.

Joshua 19:38 In-Context

36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

38 Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.

39 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

40 The seventh lot {fell} for the tribe of the descendants of Dan according to their families.