Joshua 17:11
in Joshua 17Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
KJV
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
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This verse in Joshua 17
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Perhaps Beth-shean (in Issachar) and the other five towns (in Asher) were given to the Manassites in compensation for towns in the Manassite territory allotted to the Ephraimites. (See Jos 17:9. Compare Jos 21:9.) To the wall of Beth-shean, or Bethshah (“Beisan,” about 5 miles west of the Jordan), the bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened by the Philistines after the battle on Mount Gilboa. After the exile it received the Greek name of Scythopolis, perhaps because it was principally tenanted by a rude and pagan population, styled in contempt Scythians.
This site's exposition
was from Asher to Michmethah
on Joshua 17:7-11
The line between the two sons of Joseph is drawn so that each tribe holds towns inside the other, Ephraim keeping cities within Manasseh at 16:9 and Manasseh keeping six towns inside Issachar and Asher here. All six of verse 11 have later history in the text: Taanach and Megiddo are where the kings of Canaan fight Deborah and Barak at Judges 5:19, Endor is where Saul finds the woman with a familiar spirit at 1 Samuel 28:7, and the Philistines fasten Saul's body to the wall of Bethshean at 1 Samuel 31:10. The words rendered three countries at the close of verse 11 are read by some as a district of high ground and by others as a third part of that region, and the Hebrew leaves the question open.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Inhabitants of Dor - Not the places only, but the people; whom they spared and used for servants. Three countries - The words may be rendered, the third part of that country; and so the meaning may be, that the cities and towns here mentioned are a third part of that country, that is, of that part of Issachar's and Asher's portion, in which those places lay.
And Manasseh had in Issachar, and in Asher, Bethshean, and her towns,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Beth-shean and her towns--Greek, "Scythopolis" (now Beisan), in the valley of the Jordan, towards the east end of the plain of Jezreel. "Beth-shean" means "house of rest," so called from its being the halting place for caravans travelling between Syria or Midian, and Egypt, and the great station for the commerce between these countries for many centuries.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah--The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.
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Beth-shean - Called afterwards Scythopolis; the city of the Scythians or Cuthites, those who were sent into the different Samaritan cities by the kings of Assyria. Dor - On the Mediterranean Sea, about eight miles from Caesarea, on the road to Tyre. En-dor - The well or fountain of Dor, the place where Saul went to consult the witch; 1Sa 28:7, etc.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
These were three regions. [as the Targum], Three provinces. The three regions mentioned here consisted of Dor and Ein dor, as stated above in this Seifer: 3 Above:23. “The king of Dor of the Dor region,” and in another verse it states: 4 Above:2.
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
The southern side belonged to Ephraim: Ephraim took his share from the south, facing the land between the descendants of Yehudah and the rest of the tribes.
Resolved —were willing. 5 The tribe of Menashe set a bad precedent by taxing the Canaanites instead of destroying them as the Torah commanded. This evil practice was soon adopted by the other tribes.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֨י | vayhi | and it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜ה | limnasheh | to Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣ר | beyisoshkhar | in Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| וּבְאָשֵׁ֗ר | uveasher | and in Asher | H836 → | 43 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | Beth | H1052 → | 18 times |
| שְׁאָ֣ן | shean | Shean | H1052 → | 18 times |
| וּ֠בְנוֹתֶיהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְיִבְלְעָ֨ם | veyivleam | and Ibleam | H2991 → | |
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֧י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| דֹ֣אר | dor | Dor | H1756 → | 7 times |
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י | veyoshevei | and [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עֵֽין־ | ʾein- | En- | H5874 → | |
| דֹּר֙ | dor | -dor | H5874 → | |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤י | veyoshevei | and [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| תַעְנַךְ֙ | ta'nakh | Taanach | H8590 → | 7 times |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י | veyoshevei | and [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| מְגִדּ֖וֹ | megido | Megiddo | H4023 → | |
| וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת | sheloshet | [the] three of | H7969 → | 432 times |
| הַנָּֽפֶת׃ | hanafet | <the> Napheth | H5316 → |
וַיְהִ֨יand it belonged
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לִמְנַשֶּׁ֜הto Manasseh
limnashehH4519 →146 times
בְּיִשָּׂשכָ֣רin Issachar
beyisoshkharH3485 →43 times
וּבְאָשֵׁ֗רand in Asher
uveasherH836 →43 times
בֵּית־Beth
beit-H1052 →18 times
שְׁאָ֣ןShean
sheanH1052 →18 times
וּ֠בְנוֹתֶיהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְיִבְלְעָ֨םand Ibleam
veyivleamH2991 →
וּבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֧י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
דֹ֣ארDor
dorH1756 →7 times
וּבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤יand [the] inhabitants of
veyosheveiH3427 →1079 times
עֵֽין־En-
ʾein-H5874 →
דֹּר֙-dor
dorH5874 →
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֤יand [the] inhabitants of
veyosheveiH3427 →1079 times
תַעְנַךְ֙Taanach
ta'nakhH8590 →7 times
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥יand [the] inhabitants of
veyosheveiH3427 →1079 times
מְגִדּ֖וֹMegiddo
megidoH4023 →
וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָand daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת[the] three of
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
הַנָּֽפֶת׃<the> Napheth
hanafetH5316 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur,…
it leads to
- Judges 1:27
At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 1:27
Through
Judges 5:19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:12
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 5:30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- 1 Kings 4:12
Through
Judges 1:27At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
- Joshua 17:11–13
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Psalms 106:34–35
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- Jeremiah 48:10
Through
Joshua 12:23the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
it leads to
- Joshua 11:2
to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
- Joshua 11:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.