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Joshua 19:39 KJV
Joshua · chapter 19 · verse 39
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.Joshua 19:39 · King James Version
Joshua 19:39 in context
37And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
38And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- NaphtaliNaphtâlîyNaphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH5321 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
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Naphtali lay furthest north of all the tribes, bordering on Mount Libanus. The city of Leshem, or Liash, lay on the utmost edge of it to the north, and therefore when the Danites had made themselves masters of it, and called it Dan, the length of Canaan from north to south was reckoned from Dan to Beersheba.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 32-39