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Joshua 19:30
30Umma, Acco, Aphek, and Rehob. There were 22 cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- New International Version (NIV)Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ummah, Aphek and Rehob—twenty-two cities with their villages.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages.
Context of Joshua 19:30
28Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Great Sidon. 29Then it turns at Ramah and goes on to the fortified city of Tyre. The border then turns to Hosah and ends at the Mediterranean Sea. The territory includes Meheleb, Achzib, Umma, Acco, Aphek, and Rehob. There were 22 cities with their villages. 31These cities with their villages are the inheritance for the families of the tribe of Asher. 32The sixth lot was drawn for the families descended from the tribe of Naphtali.
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וְעֻמָ֥ה וַאֲפֵ֖ק וּרְחֹ֑ב עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Joshua 19:30
- Joshua 12:18the king of Aphek, the king of Sharon,
- Joshua 13:4in the south. This territory includes all the land of the Canaanites as well as Mearah which belongs to Sidon as far as Aphek, the Amorite border.
- 1 Samuel 4:1Israel went to fight against the Philistines and camped near Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Kings 20:30The survivors fled to Aphek, the city where the wall fell on 27,000 of them. Benhadad had also fled. He came to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Joshua 19:28Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Great Sidon.
- Joshua 21:31Helkath, and Rehob.
- Numbers 13:11Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Joseph (that is, the tribe of Manasseh);
Commentaries on Joshua 19:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Twenty and two cities - There are nearly thirty cities in the above enumeration instead of twenty-two, but probably several are mentioned that were but frontier towns, and that did not belong to this tribe, their border only passing by such cities; and on this account, though they are named, yet they do not enter into the enumeration in this place. Perhaps some of the villages are named as well as the cities.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-30Verses 28-30 These verses refer to the northern portion of the territory of Asher, on the Phoenician frontier. Some names may have dropped out of the text, the number Joshua 19:30 not tallying with the catalogue. Ramah still retains its ancient name, and lies about twelve miles southeast of Tyre. Achzib is the modern “Zib,” on the coast, eight or nine miles north of Acre.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-51Verses 17-51 Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefer the common welfare before private advantage. Those who labour most to do good to others, seek an inheritance in the Canaan above: but it will be soon enough to enter thereon, when they have done all the service to their brethren of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30twenty-two cities: This did not include Tyre and Sidon, which the nation of Israel never controlled.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher--The western boundary is traced from north to south through the cities mentioned; the site of them, however, is unknown.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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