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Joshua 19:34

in Joshua 19

Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.

KJV

And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, 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.

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This verse in Joshua 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.

This site's exposition

The sixth lot came out

on Joshua 19:32-39

Hazor at verse 36 was the head of the northern kingdoms and was burned at 11:10-11, and it appears here as an ordinary town of the inheritance, while a king of Hazor is oppressing Israel again by Judges 4:2. Kedesh at verse 37 is set apart as a city of refuge at 20:7 and is where Deborah sends for Barak at Judges 4:6. Judges 1:33 names Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath as towns Naphtali never cleared, and both of them close this list at verse 38. Isaiah 9:1 speaks over the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the two portions given in this chapter, and Matthew 4:15 quotes that verse of Christ settling in Capernaum.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali--Although the cities mentioned have not been discovered, it is evident, from Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh, that is, on the northwest of Lake Merom (Jud 4:11), that the boundary described (Jos 19:34) ran from the southwest towards the northeast, up to the sources of the Jordan.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

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” Num 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 Num 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 “Judah upon Jordan,” or more literally “Judah of the Jordan” (compare Num 22:1).

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְשָׁ֨בand it turns back

    veshavH7725 →1056 times

  • הַגְּב֥וּלthe border

    hagevulH1366 →240 times

  • יָ֙מָּה֙west -ward

    yamahH3220 →396 times

  • אַזְנ֣וֹתAznoth

    ʾaznotH243 →

  • תָּב֔וֹרTabor

    tavorH243 →

  • וְיָצָ֥אand it goes out

    veyatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • מִשָּׁ֖םfrom there

    mishamH8033 →834 times

  • חוּקֹ֑קָהHukok towards

    chukokahH2712 →

  • וּפָגַ֨עand it touches

    ufaga'H6293 →46 times

  • בִּזְבֻל֜וּן<on> Zebulun

    bizvulunH2074 →45 times

  • מִנֶּ֗גֶבfrom [the] south

    minegevH5045 →112 times

  • וּבְאָשֵׁר֙and <on> Asher

    uveasherH836 →43 times

  • פָּגַ֣עit touches

    paga'H6293 →46 times

  • מִיָּ֔םfrom [the] west

    miyamH3220 →396 times

  • וּבִ֣יהוּדָ֔הand <on> Judah

    uvihudahH3063 →819 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • מִזְרַ֥ח[the] rising of

    mizrachH4217 →74 times

  • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃the sun

    hashameshH8121 →134 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 33:23

    Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 49:21

      Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

    • Psalms 36:8

      They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

    • Jeremiah 31:14

      I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

    • Matthew 4:16

      the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

    • Matthew 4:13

      Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

  • Through

    Joshua 19:22

    The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.

    it leads to

    • Judges 4:6

      She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 46:18

      As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

  • Through

    Joshua 19:12

    From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

    it leads to

    • Judges 4:12

      When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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