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Joshua 19:30
30Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two 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 Living Translation (NLT)Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.
Context of Joshua 19:30
28including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 29And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib. Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages. 31This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
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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 13:4from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
- 1 Samuel 4:1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- 1 Kings 20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.
- Joshua 19:28including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Joshua 21:31Helkath with its common-land, and Rehob with its common-land: four cities;
- Numbers 13:11from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 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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