It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. EbronThis name is not widely recognized in other parts of the Bible, and its exact location remains uncertain. The name "Ebron" may derive from a root meaning "alliance" or "association," suggesting a place of gathering or unity. In the context of the tribal allotments, it signifies the importance of each location, even those less known, in the divine plan for Israel's inheritance. Rehob
The name "Rehob" means "broad" or "spacious," indicating a place of openness or abundance. Historically, Rehob is associated with several locations in the Bible, often linked to the northern boundaries of Israel. This reflects God's promise of a land flowing with abundance and the expansive nature of His blessings to His people. Hammon
The name "Hammon" is derived from a root meaning "warm" or "hot," possibly indicating a place with thermal springs or a warm climate. This could symbolize the warmth of God's provision and care for His people, ensuring that their needs are met in the land He has given them. Kanah
Meaning "reed" or "place of reeds," Kanah suggests a location near water, which is vital for sustenance and life. Water is a recurring symbol of life and purification in Scripture, reminding the Israelites of God's provision and the spiritual cleansing He offers. as far as Greater Sidon
"Greater Sidon" refers to the prominent Phoenician city of Sidon, known for its wealth and influence in the ancient world. The phrase "as far as" indicates the extent of the territory allotted to the tribe, reaching to significant and influential regions. This highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the vastness of the land his descendants would inherit. Sidon's mention also serves as a reminder of the cultural and spiritual challenges Israel would face, living among powerful neighboring nations, and the need for faithfulness to God amidst external influences. Persons / Places / Events 1. EbronA location within the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher. Its exact historical significance is not well-documented, but it is part of the inheritance given to the tribe. 2. RehobAnother city within Asher's inheritance. Rehob is mentioned in other parts of the Bible as a city of refuge and a place of significance in the tribal allotments. 3. HammonA lesser-known city in the territory of Asher. Its mention here highlights the detailed nature of the land distribution among the tribes of Israel. 4. KanahA city or region within Asher's territory. The name means "reed" in Hebrew, indicating a possible marshy or fertile area. 5. Greater SidonA prominent city-state in ancient Phoenicia, known for its wealth and influence. It represents the northern boundary of Asher's territory. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness in Fulfillment of PromisesThe detailed allotment of land to the tribes of Israel, including Asher, demonstrates God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the land of Canaan. The Importance of Obedience and FaithThe failure of Asher to fully drive out the Canaanites serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's commands and the consequences of incomplete faithfulness. Understanding Our Inheritance in ChristJust as the tribe of Asher received a specific inheritance, believers today have a spiritual inheritance in Christ. Reflecting on this can encourage us to live in the fullness of what God has provided. The Role of Boundaries in God's PlanThe specific boundaries given to each tribe illustrate the importance of order and structure in God's plan. Recognizing and respecting boundaries can lead to peace and prosperity. Bible Study Questions 1. What does the detailed allotment of land to the tribe of Asher teach us about God's attention to detail and care for His people? 2. How can the failure of the tribe of Asher to drive out the Canaanites serve as a warning for us in our spiritual walk today? 3. In what ways can we relate the concept of a physical inheritance for the tribes of Israel to our spiritual inheritance in Christ? 4. How do the boundaries set for the tribes of Israel reflect God's order and purpose, and how can this understanding impact our daily lives? 5. Considering the prophecy in Genesis 49:20, how does the land allotted to Asher reflect the fulfillment of Jacob's blessing, and what can this teach us about the nature of God's promises? Connections to Other Scriptures Joshua 19:24-31This passage provides the broader context of the land allotment to the tribe of Asher, detailing the specific cities and regions included in their inheritance. Judges 1:31-32These verses discuss the failure of the tribe of Asher to drive out the inhabitants of the land, which led to them living among the Canaanites. This highlights the challenges faced by the Israelites in fully possessing their inheritance. Genesis 49:20Jacob's blessing to Asher, where he prophesies that Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide royal delicacies. This connects to the fertile and prosperous nature of the land allotted to Asher. People Allon, Anath, Asher, Dagon, Dan, Danites, Eleazar, Elon, Heleb, Hepher, Hosah, Israelites, Issachar, Japhia, Jezreel, Joshua, Naphtali, Nun, Rehob, Serah, Shema, Shimron, Shual, Simeon, Simeonites, Timnah, Zebulun, ZidonPlaces Achshaph, Achzib, Adami-nekeb, Aijalon, Ain, Allammelech, Amad, Anaharath, Aphek, Ashan, Aznoth-tabor, Baalath, Baalath-beer, Balah, Beersheba, Bene-berak, Beten, Beth-anath, Beth-dagan, Beth-emek, Beth-lebaoth, Bethlehem, Beth-marcaboth, Beth-pazzez, Beth-shemesh, Bethul, Cabul, Carmel, Chesulloth, Chinnereth, Chisloth-tabor, Dabbesheth, Daberath, Dan, Ebez, Ebron, Edrei, Ekron, Elon, Eltekeh, Eltolad, En-gannim, En-haddah, Eshtaol, Ether, Ezem, Gath-hepher, Gath-rimmon, Gibbethon, Gibeah, Hali, Hammath, Hammon, Hannathon, Hapharaim, Hazar-shual, Hazar-susah, Hazor, Heleph, Helkath, Horem, Hormah, Hosah, Hukkok, Idalah, Ir-shemesh, Ithlah, Jabneel, Japhia, Jehud, Jezreel, Jokneam, Joppa, Jordan River, Kanah, Kattath, Kedesh, Kishion, Lakkum, Leshem, Mahalab, Me-jarkon, Migdal-el, Mishal, Moladah, Nahalal, Neah, Negeb, Neiel, Rabbith, Rakkath, Rakkon, Ramah, Rehob, Remeth, Rimmon, Sarid, Shaalabbin, Shahazumah, Sharuhen, Sheba, Shiloh, Shimron, Shion, Shunem, Sidon the Great, Tabor, Timnah, Timnath-serah, Tyre, Ummah, Valley of Iphtahel, Yiron, Zaanannim, Zer, Ziddim, Ziklag, ZorahTopics Ebron, Greater, Hammon, Hebron, Kanah, Rehob, Sidon, ZidonDictionary of Bible Themes Joshua 19:1-47 7266 tribes of Israel Joshua 19:1-48 5235 boundary Library Tiberias.
All the Jews declare, almost with one consent, that this was a fortified city from ancient times, even from the days of Joshua, and was the same with Rakkath, of which mention is made, Joshua 19:35. "Rakkath is Tiberias," say the Jerusalem Gemarists. And those of Babylon say the same, and that more largely: "It is clear to us that Rakkath is Tiberias." And when, after a few lines, this of Rabbi Jochanan was objected, "When I was a boy, I said a certain thing, concerning which I asked the elders, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and HebraicaChammath. Ammaus. The Warm Baths of Tiberias.
Chammath and Rakkath are joined together, Joshua 19:35. For they were very neighbouring cities; Rakkath is Tiberias,--and Chammath, the town Ammaus, in Josephus. Of their neighbourhood, the Jerusalem Talmudists write thus: "The men of a great city may walk" (on the sabbath) "through a whole small city" (which was within a sabbath-day's journey); "but the inhabitants of a small city walk not through a whole great city." And then follows, "Formerly the men of Tiberias walked through all Chammath; but …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Some Other Towns Near Tiberias. Beth-Meon. Caphar Chittaia. Paltathah.
Among the towns, neighbouring upon Tiberias, Tarichee is especially commemorated in Josephus, a city thirty furlongs distant from Tiberias: you will find in him the history and mention of it very frequent. In the Talmudists we meet with other names also. I. Beth-Meon. "The men of Tiberias, who went up to Beth-Meon to be hired for workmen, were hired according to the custom of Beth-Meon: the men of Beth-Meon, who went down to Tiberias to be hired, were hired according to the custom of Tiberias." This …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Eastern Wise-Men, or Magi, visit Jesus, the New-Born King.
(Jerusalem and Bethlehem, b.c. 4.) ^A Matt. II. 1-12. ^a 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem [It lies five miles south by west of Jerusalem, a little to the east of the road to Hebron. It occupies part of the summit and sides of a narrow limestone ridge which shoots out eastward from the central chains of the Judæan mountains, and breaks down abruptly into deep valleys on the north, south, and east. Its old name, Ephrath, meant "the fruitful." Bethlehem means "house of bread." Its modern …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Within what Tribe the Lake of Gennesaret Was.
By comparing the maps with the Talmudic writers, this question ariseth: for there is not one among them, as far as I know, which does not altogether define the sea of Gennesaret to be without the tribe of Naphthali; but the Talmudists do most plainly place it within. "The Rabbins deliver: The sea of Tiberias is in the portion of Naphtali; yea, it takes a full line for the nets on the south side of it: as it is said, 'Possess the sea and the south,' Deuteronomy 33:23." The Gloss is; "(Naphtali) had …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The First Sign --The Marriage in Cana.
"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two …
Marcus Dods—The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah
"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim.
"From Beth-horon to Emmaus it was hilly."--It was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.--"To eight hundred only, dismissed the army, (Vespasian) gave a place, called Ammaus, for them to inhabit: it is sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem." I inquire, whether this word hath the same etymology with Emmaus near Tiberias, which, from the 'warm baths,' was called Chammath. The Jews certainly do write this otherwise... "The family (say they) of Beth-Pegarim, and Beth Zipperia was out of Emmaus."--The …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him.
(Sea of Galilee, Near Capernaum.) ^A Matt. IV. 18-22; ^B Mark I. 16-20; ^C Luke V. 1-11. ^a 18 And walking ^b 16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee [This lake is a pear-shaped body of water, about twelve and a half miles long and about seven miles across at its widest place. It is 682 feet below sea level; its waters are fresh, clear and abounding in fish, and it is surrounded by hills and mountains, which rise from 600 to 1,000 feet above it. Its greatest depth is about 165 feet], he [Jesus] …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision D. The Transfiguration. Concerning Elijah. (a Spur of Hermon, Near Cæsarea Philippi.) ^A Matt. XVII. 1-13; ^B Mark IX. 2-13; ^C Luke IX. 28-36. ^c 28 And it came to pass about eight days { ^a six days} ^c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
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