Joshua 19:10

_AND THE THIRD LOT CAME UP FOR THE CHILDREN OF ZEBULUN ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES: AND THE BORDER OF THEIR INHERITANCE WAS UNTO SARID:_ 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; for although they do not seem at first to have touched on the western shore-a part of Manasseh running north into Asher (Joshua 17:10) - they afterward did, according to the prediction of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:19). The extent from south to north cannot be very exactly traced, the sites of many of the places through which the boundary line is drawn being unknown. Some of the cities were of note....

10._And the third lot came up, _etc In the lot of Zebulun there is a clear fulfillment of the prophecy of Jacob, which had foretold that they would dwell on the sea-coast. An old man, an exile who could not set a foot on his own land, (168) assigned a maritime district to the posterity of his son Zebulun. What could be more extravagant? But now, when the lot assigns them a maritime region, no clearer confirmation of his decision could be desired. It was just as if God were twice thundering from heaven. The tribe of Zebulun, therefore, do not occupy the shore of their own accord or by human suffrage, but a divine arrangement fixes their habitation contiguous to the sea. Thus, although men erred, still the light was always seen shining brightly in the darkness. Jacob goes farther, and makes a clear distinction between Zebulun and Issachar. The former tribe will travel far and wide, carryin...

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....

Sarid, not yet identified, was evidently a leading topographical point on the south frontier of Zebulun. The boundary passed westward until it touched the Kishon, near “Tell Kaimon” (Joshua 12:22 note), and thence, turned northward, leaving Carmel, which belonged to Asher, on its west. The territory of Zebulun accordingly would not anywhere reach to the Mediterranean, though its eastern side abutted on the sea of Galilee, and gave the tribe those “outgoings” attributed to it in the Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:18). Daberath (Joshua 19:12) is probably “Deburieh.”...

EXPOSITION THE LOT OF THE REMAINING TRIBES. JOSHUA 19:1 AND THEIR INHERITANCE WAS WITHIN THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. Literally, _in the midst of. _ἀνὰ μέσον_, _LXX.; _in medio, _Vulgate (cf. Joshua 19:9). Simeon, at the last census (Numbers 26:14), was the smallest of the tribes of Israel, a fulfilment of the prophecy of Jacob, and possibly the result of the command given in Numbers 25:5, since the Simeonites were the chief offender

AND THE THIRD LOT CAME UP FOR THE CHILDREN OF ZEBULUN, ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES,.... Who, though younger than Issachar, has his lot before him, agreeably to the order in which his blessing is predicted, both by Jacob and Moses, Genesis 49:13; AND THE BORDER OF THEIR INHERITANCE WAS UNTO SARID; or "by Sarid", as Masius, who takes this to be the southwest border of Zebulun, being near Carmel; in which he seems to be right....

CHAPTER 19 _ 1. The inheritance of Simeon (Joshua 19:1)_ 2. The inheritance of Zebulun (Joshua 19:10) 3. The inheritance of Issachar (Joshua 19:17) 4. The inheritance of Asher (Joshua 19:24) 5. The inheritance of Naphtali (Joshua 19:32) 6. The inheritance of Dan (Joshua 19:40) 7. The inheritance of Joshua (Joshua 19:49)...

JOSHUA 19:6. Sharuhen is interesting as the city to which the Hyksos (pp. 52, 54) or Semitic Shepherd Kings fled when they were driven out of Egypt, and where they are said to have been besieged for six years (Driver, _Exodus_, p. xliii)....

CAME UP. i.e. out of the bag. See Joshua 19:1....

_Beth-lebaoth_ contrasted with _Lebaoth_above, Joshua 15:32, is called _Beth-birei_in 1 Chronicles 4:31; 1 Chronicles 13. _Sharuhen = Shilhim_in Joshua 15:32 = _Shaaraim_, 1 Chronicles 4:31....