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Joshua 19:30
30Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.
Context of Joshua 19:30
28It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 29The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages. 31These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans. 32The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:
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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 one the king of Lasharon one
- Joshua 13:4on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites;
- 1 Samuel 4:1And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.
- 1 Kings 20:30The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Joshua 19:28It went to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Joshua 21:31Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands—four towns;
- Numbers 13:11from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
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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