Joshua 19:25

25 Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,

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 The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Issachar included these towns and their surrounding villages.

24 The fifth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Asher.

25 Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,

26 Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

27 then it turned east toward Beth-dagon, and ran as far as Zebulun in the valley of Iphtah-el, going north to Beth-emek and Neiel. It then continued north to Cabul,