English Standard Version
Joshua 19:15
15and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth–lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- New International Version (NIV)Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
Context of Joshua 19:15
13From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah, 14then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel; and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities with their villages. 16This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans—these cities with their villages. 17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans.
Read all of Joshua 19Joshua 19:15 word by word
וְקַטָּ֤ת וְנַֽהֲלָל֙ וְשִׁמְר֔וֹן וְיִדְאֲלָ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית לָ֑חֶם עָרִ֥ים שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Kattathקַטָּתqaţţâth · KattathH7005
- and Nahallalנַהֲלֹלnahălâl nahălôl · NahalolH5096
- and Shimronשִׁמְרוֹןshimrôn · ShimronH8110
- and Idalahיִדְאֲלָהyid'ălâh · IdalahH3030
- and Beth–lehemבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbêyth lechem · BethlehemH1035
- twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- with their villagesחָצֵרchâtsêr · villageH2691
Cross-references for Joshua 19:15
- Joshua 21:34And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
- Judges 1:30Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor.
- Joshua 11:1When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
- Joshua 12:20the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Ruth 1:19So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, "Is this Naomi?"
- 2 Samuel 23:15And David said longingly, "Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"
- 2 Chronicles 11:6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Commentaries on Joshua 19:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Shimron - See on Joshua 12:20; (note). Beth-lehem - The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely of points in or near the boundary line. It would therefore appear that seven names have disappeared from the text, and perhaps also the definition of the western frontier.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 In the division to each tribe of Israel, the prophetic blessings of Jacob were fulfilled. They chose for themselves, or it was divided to them by lot, in the manner and places that he foresaw. So sure a rule to go by is the word of prophecy: we see by it what to believe, and it proves beyond all dispute the things that are of God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15This Bethlehem was not in Judah, where King David and Jesus were born. More than 12 towns are listed. Some apparently were not part of Zebulun but were on its borders.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-14. the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun--The boundaries of the possession assigned to them extended from the Lake of Chinnereth (Sea of Galilee) on the east, to the Mediterranean on the west. Although they do not seem at first to have touched on the western shore--a part of Manasseh running north into Asher (Jos 17:10)--they afterwards did, according to the prediction of Moses (De 33:19). The extent from north to south cannot be very…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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