And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
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Interpretation
Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefer the common welfare before private advantage.
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This thought runs through Joshua 19:32-36.
Glossary
- Jordan Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.
- Adami-nekeb Place
- Cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali ( Josh. 19:33 ). It has with probability, been identified with Seiyadeh, nearly 2 miles east of Bessum, a ruin half way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor. Modern identification: Tel Adami.
- Allon Place
- Biblical tree. Modern identification: Hanot Taggarim.
- Heleph Place
- Exchange, a city on the north border of Naphtali ( Josh. 19:33 ). Modern identification: Khirbet Irbadeh.
- Jabneel Place
- Built by God. (1. ) A town in the north boundary of Judah ( Josh. 15:11 ), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem. Modern identification: Tel Yin’am.
- Lakkum Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Horbat Kush.
- Zaanannim Place
- Wanderings; the unloading of tents, so called probably from the fact of nomads in tents encamping amid the cities and villages of that region. Modern identification: Hanot Taggarim.