Joshua 19:37

³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,³⁸Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.

Summary

Joshua 19:37 lists the cities that were given to the tribe of Zebulun as part of their inheritance in the Promised Land. This verse highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to the Israelites, as each tribe received their designated portion of land. It demonstrates God's faithfulness in providing for His people and keeping His covenant with them. The allocation of specific territories to each tribe ensured order, unity, and prosperity among the Israelites. Overall, Joshua 19:37 showcases God's sovereignty and provision in establishing the tribes in their allotted territories.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And Iron,.... Of Iron no mention is made elsewhere: and Migdalel, which Jerom calls Magdiel, he says (m) was shown a small village, five miles from Dara, as you go to Ptolemais: and Horem is not mentioned anywhere elsewhere; and Bethanath; Jerom also relates (n), that Bathana, in the tribe of Naphtali, was a village that went by the name of Betbanes, fifteen miles from Caesarea: and Bethshemesh was another city, in which was a temple dedicated to the sun, when inhabited by the Canaanites; see Jos 19:22; and so in Bethanath there might be a temple dedicated to some deity, though now uncertain what: nineteen cities with their villages; there are more mentioned, but some of them might be only boundaries, and so belonged to another tribe. (m) De loc. Heb. fol. 93. L. (n) Ibid. fol. 89. H.

Joshua 19:37

Naphtali’s Inheritance

³⁶Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,³⁷Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,³⁸Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.