Joshua 19:34

_AND THEN THE COAST TURNETH WESTWARD TO AZNOTHTABOR, AND GOETH OUT FROM THENCE TO HUKKOK, AND REACHETH_ _ AND THEN THE COAST TURNETH WESTWARD TO AZNOTHTABOR, AND GOETH OUT FROM THENCE TO HUKKOK, AND REACHETH TO ZEBULUN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND REACHETH TO ASHER ON THE WEST SIDE, AND TO JUDAH UPON JORDAN TOWARD THE SUNRISING._ Aznoth-tabor - on the east of Tabor toward the Jordan, because the border ran thence to Hukkok, touching upon that of Zebulun; and as the territory of Zebulun did not extend as far as the Jordan, Aznoth-tabor and Hukkok must have been border towns on the line which separated Naphtali from Asher (1 Chronicles 6:75), where it is spoken of as a city of refuge in Asher. It is elsewhere called Helkath (Joshua 19:25;...

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 which they are capable. Nor can any thing more effectually assure them of their title to it, than endeavouring to bring others to desire, to seek, and to obtain it. Our Lord Jesus came and dwelt on earth, not in pomp but poverty, providing rest for man, yet himself not having where to lay his head; for Christ pleased not himself. Nor would he enter upon his inheritance, till by his obedience to death he secured the eternal inheritance for all his...

Verse 34. _AND TO JUDAH UPON JORDAN_] It is certain that the tribe of Naphtali did not border on the east upon Judah, for there were several tribes betwixt them. Some think that as these two tribes were bounded by Jordan on the east, they might be considered as in some sort conjoined, because of the easy passage to each other by means of the river; but this might be said of several other tribes as well as of these. There is considerable difficulty in the text as it now stands; but if, with the _Septuagint_, we omit _Judah_, the difficulty vanishes, and the passage is plain: but this omission is supported by no MS. hitherto discovered. It is however very probable that some change has taken place in the words of the text, וביהודה הירדן _ubihudah haiyarden_, "and by Judah upon Jordan." _Houbigant_, who terms them _verba sine re ac sententia_, "words without sense or meaning," proposes, ins...

AZNOTH-TABOR - This place (“ears of Tabor”) was no doubt in the neighborhood of Mount Tabor - probably on the eastern slope; and Hukkok on the western slope. TO JUDAH UPON JORDAN - i. e. to the “Havoth-jair” Numbers 32:41, which were on the opposite side of Jordan. Jair, from whom these towns or villages were named, traced his ancestry in the male line through Hezron to Judah Numbers 27:1; and it is likely that he was assisted by large numbers of his kinsmen of that tribe in his rapid conquest of Bashan. Hence, the Havoth-jair were, in all likelihood, largely colonised by Judahites, especially perhaps that portion of them nearest the Jordan. Thus, that part of the river and its valley adjacent to these settlements was spoken of as “Jud

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 [THEN] THE COAST TURNETH WESTWARD TO AZNOTHTABOR,.... This was the southern border, reaching from east to west; it began at Aznothtabor, which Jerom g says was a village in his time belonging to the country of Diocaesarea, in the plains; there is another place called Chislothtabor, on the borders of Zebulun, Joshua 19:12; AND GOETH OUT FROM THENCE TO HUKKOK: there the southern border ended, which was in the border of Asher, and is the same with Helkath, Joshua 19:25; with which compare 1 Chronicles 6:75; AND REACHETH TO ZEBULUN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND REACHETH TO ASHER ON THE WEST SIDE AND TO JUDAH UPON JORDAN TOWARDS THE SUNRISING; so that as it was bounded by

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)....

The Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali 32. _The sixth lot_ fell out to the tribe descended from Naphtali, the fifth son of the patriarch Jacob, which, during the march through the wilderness, occupied a position north of the Tabernacle, side by side with Dan and Asher (Numbers 2:25-31), and at the census taken at Mount Sinai numbered upwards of 53400 fighting men (Numbers 1:43; Numbers 2:30)....

_VER._ 34. _AND—THE COAST—REACHETH TO ZEBULUN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND—TO ASHER ON THE WEST SIDE, AND TO JUDAH UPON JORDAN TOWARD THE SUN-RISING_— Here it may be asked, how could the tribe of Naphtali border on that of Judah on the east, when there were several tribes between them? In answer, we may observe, that _Naphtali_ adjoined to Judah by the Jordan, which united the two tribes, by supplying each with a free passage to the other. And thus, as some interpreters think, the prophesy of Moses, Deuteronomy 33:23 _possess thou the west and the south,_ was fulfilled; not that this tribe had any lands in the south of Canaan; but because, through its situation, it could easily carry on a trade thither by means of the Jordan. This reply, however, may not be thought sufficiently full; and it may possibly be urged, why should the tribe of Naphtali meet the tribe of Judah