Josué 19:15

15 Y abraza Catah, y Naalal, y Simrón, é Ideala, y Beth-lehem; doce ciudades con sus aldeas.

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 Y pasando de allí hacia el lado oriental á Gith-hepher y á Itta-kazin, sale á Rimmón rodeando á Nea;

14 Y de aquí torna este término al norte á Hanatón, viniendo á salir al valle de Iphtael;

15 Y abraza Catah, y Naalal, y Simrón, é Ideala, y Beth-lehem; doce ciudades con sus aldeas.

16 Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Zabulón por sus familias; estas ciudades con sus aldeas.

17 La cuarta suerte salió por Issachâr, por los hijos de Issachâr conforme á sus familias.