Joshua 19:41
in Joshua 19The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
KJV
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseZorah, and Eshtaol - See the note on Jos 15:33. Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.
This site's exposition
the seventh lot came out
on Joshua 19:40-46
Dan draws last and is set down on the Philistine edge, between Judah and the sea, with the smallest ground of the seven. Zorah and Eshtaol open the list at verse 41, and they are where Samson is born at Judges 13:2, where the Spirit of the Lord first moves him at Judges 13:25, and where he is buried at Judges 16:31. Ekron at verse 43 was already written into Judah at 15:45 and remains a Philistine city all through the books of Samuel. Ajalon and Shaalabbin at verse 42 come back at Judges 1:35, where the Amorites are still holding both.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Of their inheritance - Which is here described only by its cities, not its borders, which are in part the same with Judah's, and their inheritance is in good part taken out of Judah's too large portion; as appears from divers of the cities here mentioned, which are also reckoned in Judah's portion.
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the seventh lot came out for the tribe . . . Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֖י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גְּב֣וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| נַחֲלָתָ֑ם | nachalatam | inheritance their | H5159 → | 222 times |
| צָרְעָ֥ה | tzareah | Zorah | H6881 → | |
| וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹל | veeshtaol | and Eshtaol | H847 → | |
| וְעִ֥יר | veir | and Ir- | H5905 → | |
| שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | shamesh | Shemesh | H5905 → |
וַיְהִ֖יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גְּב֣וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
נַחֲלָתָ֑םinheritance their
nachalatamH5159 →222 times
צָרְעָ֥הZorah
tzareahH6881 →
וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹלand Eshtaol
veeshtaolH847 →
וְעִ֥ירand Ir-
veirH5905 →
שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Shemesh
shameshH5905 →
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
Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- Genesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- 1 Samuel 1:2–6
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- Genesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Joshua 15:33
Through
Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills:
it leads to
- Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 13:25
Through
Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
it leads to
- Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- Judges 3:10
Through
Judges 16:31Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
it leads to
- Judges 15:20
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
- Judges 15:20
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.