Josué 19:33

33 Et leur frontière fut depuis Héleph, depuis le Chêne à Tsaanannim, Adami-Nékeb et Jabnéel, jusqu'à Lakkum; et elle aboutissait au Jourdain.

Josué 19:33 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:33

And their coast was from Heleph
That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:

from Allon to Zaanannim;
or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim ^F4; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, ( Judges 4:11 ) .

and Adami, Nekeb;
some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists ^F5 make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, ( Joshua 3:16 ) ; as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; (See Gill on Joshua 3:16):

and Jabneel;
Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, ( Joshua 15:11 ) ; and is called by the Jews ^F6 since Cepherjamah;

unto Lakum;
of which we nowhere else read:

and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan;
here the coast ended this way.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 "Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator.
F5 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.
F6 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.

Josué 19:33 In-Context

31 Tel fut l'héritage de la tribu des enfants d'Asser, selon leurs familles, ces villes-là et leurs villages.

32 Le sixième sort échut aux enfants de Nephthali, aux enfants de Nephthali selon leurs familles.

33 Et leur frontière fut depuis Héleph, depuis le Chêne à Tsaanannim, Adami-Nékeb et Jabnéel, jusqu'à Lakkum; et elle aboutissait au Jourdain.

34 Puis la frontière tournait vers l'occident, à Aznoth-Thabor, sortait de là vers Hukkok. Du côté du midi elle touchait à Zabulon, et du côté de l'occident elle touchait à Asser et à Juda; le Jourdain était au soleil levant.

35 Et les villes fortes étaient Tsiddim, Tser, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnéreth,