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Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament Verse 38-39. Jireon ( Iron ) is probably the present village of Jarûn , an hour to the south-east of Bint-Jebeil, with the ruins of an ancient Christian church ( Seetzen , ii. pp. 123-4; Van de Velde , R. i. p. 133). Migdal-el , so far as the name is concerned, might be Magdala (Matt 15:39), on the western shore of the Lake of Gennesareth, between Capernaum and Tiberias ( Rob. iii. pp. 279ff.); the only difficulty is, that the towns upon this lake have already been mentioned in v. 35. Knobel connects Migdalel with Chorem , so as to form one name, and finds Migdal el Chorem in the present Mejdel Kerum , on the west of Rameh ( Seetzen , ii. p. 130; Van de Velde , i. p. 215), a common Mahometan village. But there is nothing to favour this combination, except the similarity in sound between the two names; whereas it has against it not only the situation of the village, which was so far to the west, being not more than three hours from Acca, that the territory of Naphtali can hardly have reached so far, but also the very small resemblance between Chorem and Kerum , not to mention the fact that the accents separate Chorem from Migdal-el , whilst the omission of the copula ( vav ) before Chorem cannot have any weight, as the copula is also wanting before Zer and Rakkath. Chorem and Beth-anath have not yet been discovered. From the latter place Naphtali was unable to expel the Canaanites (Judg 1:33). Bethshemesh , a different place from the town of the same name in Issachar (v. 22), is also still unknown. The total number of towns is given as nineteen, whereas only sixteen are mentioned by name. It is hardly correct to seek for the missing places among the border towns mentioned in vv. 33 and 34, as the enumeration of the towns themselves is introduced by mibªtsaar (OT:4014) wª`aareey (OT:5892) in v. 35, and in this way the list of towns is separated from the description of the boundaries. To this we may add, that the town of Karthan or Kirjathaim, which Naphtali gave up to the Levites (Josh 21:32; 1 Chron 6:61), does not occur either among the border towns or in the list of towns, from which we may see that the list of towns is an imperfect one. Joshua 19:40-48 http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos123.html (2 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:19:13 p.m.]
Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament Joshua 19:40-48 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. The Inheritance of the Tribe of Dan. - This fell to the west of Benjamin, between Judah and Ephraim, and was formed by Judah giving up some of its northern towns, and Ephraim some of its southern towns, to the Danites, so as to furnish them with a territory proportionate to their number. It was situated for the most part in the lowland ( shephelah ), including, however, the hill country between the Mediterranean and the mountains, and extended over a portion of the plain of Sharon, so that it belonged to one of the most fruitful portions of Palestine. The boundaries are not given, because they could be traced from those of the adjoining territories. Verse 41-42. From Judah the families of Dan received Zorea and Eshtaol (see at Josh 15:33), and Ir-shemesh , also called Beth-shemesh (1 Kings 4:9), on the border of Judah (see Josh 15:10); but of these the Danites did not take possession, as they were given up by Judah to the Levites (Josh 21:16: see at ch. 15:10). Saalabbin , or Saalbim , which remained in the hands of the Canaanites (Judg 1:35), is frequently mentioned in the history of David and Solomon (2 Sam 23:32; 1 Chron 11:33; 1 Kings 4:9). It may possibly be the present Selbît ( Rob. iii. App.; Bibl. Res. p. 144), some distance to the north of the three places mentioned ( Knobel ). Ajalon , which was also not taken from the Canaanites (Judg 1:35), was assigned to the Levites (Josh 21:24; 1 Chron 6:54). It is mentioned in the wars with the Philistines (1 Sam 14:31; 1 Chron 8:13), was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron 11:10), and was taken by the Philistines from King Ahaz (2 Chron 28:18). It has been preserved in the village of Yalo (see at Josh 10:12). Jethlah is only mentioned here, and has not yet been discovered. So far as the name is concerned, it may possibly be preserved in the Wady Atallah , on the west of Yalo (Bibl. Res. pp. 143-4). http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos124.html (1 of 3) [13/08/2004 01:19:14 p.m.]
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