Josué 19:15

15 Aí também estavam Catate, Naalal, Sinrom, Idala e Belém. Eram doze cidades com os seus povoados.

Josué 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:15

And Kattath, and Nahallal
Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in ( Joshua 21:34 Joshua 21:35 ) ( Judges 1:30 ) ;

and Shimron
was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, ( Joshua 11:1 ) ( 12:20 ) ;

and Idalah
is a place Bochart conjectures ^F20 where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names;

and Bethlehem
is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this:

twelve cities with their villages;
more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Canaan, l. 1. c. 3. col. 356.

Josué 19:15 In-Context

13 Depois continuava para o leste até Gate-Héfer e Ete-Cazim, chegava a Rimom e fazia uma curva na direção de Neá.

14 Do norte a fronteira voltava até Hanatom e terminava no vale de Iftá-El.

15 Aí também estavam Catate, Naalal, Sinrom, Idala e Belém. Eram doze cidades com os seus povoados.

16 Essas cidades com os seus povoados foram a herança de Zebulom, clã por clã.

17 Na quarta vez, a sorte saiu para Issacar, clã por clã.