Joshua 19:15
13 From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
14 Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.
It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
16 This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.
17 The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- KJV
- And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- WEB
- Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- ASV
- and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- DARBY
- and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets.
- BLB
- and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve cities, and their villages.
- ÅB
- Dessuten fikk de Kattat og Nahalal og Simron og Jidala og Betlehem, i alt tolv byer med tilhørende landsbyer.
- OTB
- Inkludert var Kattat, Nahalal, Sjimron, Jidala og Betlehem; tolv byer med deres landsbyer.
- B1930
- Dessuten fikk de Kattat og Nahalal og Simron og Jidala og Betlehem, i alt tolv byer med tilhørende landsbyer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 11:1
Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
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Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
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David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Read in contextJoshua 12:20
the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Read in contextJoshua 21:34–35
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
Read in context2 Chronicles 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Read in contextRuth 1:19
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
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