Joshua 19:14
in Joshua 19Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;
KJV
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah–el:
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hannathon, more properly Channathon, has been supposed by some to be the Cana of Galilee of the New Testament, and Jiphthah-el is probably the present “Jefat”; the “Jotapata” of Roman times, which was so long and valiantly defended by Josephus against the legions of Vespasian. The “Valley” is the “Wady Abilin”; and Bethlehem Jos 19:15 is the present miserable village of “Beit-Lahin.”
This site's exposition
The third lot came up
on Joshua 19:10-16
Zebulun is drawn before its elder brother Issachar, the same order Jacob uses at Genesis 49:13-14. Gath-hepher is the home of Jonah son of Amittai at 2 Kings 14:25. The Bethlehem of verse 15 lies in Galilee, a different town from the Bethlehem of Judah at Micah 5:2.
This site's exposition
the Valley of Iphtah-el
The border now closes on the north side. Barnes records a view that Hannathon is Cana of Galilee, the town of the wedding at John 2:1. He identifies the Valley of Iphtah-el with the district of Jotapata, which Josephus held against the Roman legions of Vespasian.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the border compasseth it from the north side to Hannathon,.... This is the northern border of the tribe, which took a circuit from the last place to this; of which and the following place we have no account; Jerom only makes mention of them as in the tribe of Zebulun: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel; here the northern border ended, which, Masius conjectures, was part of the valley of Carmel.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Although they do not seem at first to have touched on the western shore--a part of Manasseh running north into Asher (Jos 17:10) --they afterwards did, according to the prediction of Moses (De 33:19). The extent from north to south cannot be very exactly traced; the sites of many of the places through which the boundary line is drawn being unknown.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
East of Gitoh-cheifer. To the east of Gat-hacheifer which is the name of the city of [the prophet] Yonah ben Amtai.
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. 6 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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָסַ֤ב | venasav | and it turns | H5437 → | 161 times |
| אֹתוֹ֙ | ʾoto | <obj.> itself | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגְּב֔וּל | hagevul | the border | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מִצְּפ֖וֹן | mitzefon | from [the] north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| חַנָּתֹ֑ן | chanaton | Hannathon | H2615 → | |
| וְהָיוּ֙ | vehayu | and they are | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֔יו | totzeotav | extremities its | H8444 → | 23 times |
| גֵּ֖י | gei | [the] valley of | H1516 → | 59 times |
| יִפְתַּח־ | yiftach- | Iphtah | H3317 → | 4 times |
| אֵֽל׃ | ʾel | El | H3317 → | 4 times |
וְנָסַ֤בand it turns
venasavH5437 →161 times
אֹתוֹ֙<obj.> itself
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
הַגְּב֔וּלthe border
hagevulH1366 →240 times
מִצְּפ֖וֹןfrom [the] north
mitzefonH6828 →153 times
חַנָּתֹ֑ןHannathon
chanatonH2615 →
וְהָיוּ֙and they are
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֔יוextremities its
totzeotavH8444 →23 times
גֵּ֖י[the] valley of
geiH1516 →59 times
יִפְתַּח־Iphtah
yiftach-H3317 →4 times
אֵֽל׃El
ʾelH3317 →4 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).