约书亚记 17:11

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

在以薩迦和亞設的境內，伯．善和屬於伯．善的市鎮，以伯蓮和屬於以伯蓮的市鎮，多珥的居民和屬於多珥的市鎮，都屬於瑪拿西；還有三處山區，就是：隱．多珥的居民和屬於隱．多珥的市鎮，他衲的居民和屬於他衲的市鎮，米吉多的居民和屬於米吉多的市鎮。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
玛 拿 西 在 以 萨 迦 和 亚 设 境 内 ， 有 伯 善 和 属 伯 善 的 镇 市 ， 以 伯 莲 和 属 以 伯 莲 的 镇 市 ， 多 珥 的 居 民 和 属 多 珥 的 镇 市 ； 又 有 三 处 山 冈 ， 就 是 隐 多 珥 和 属 隐 多 珥 的 镇 市 ； 他 纳 的 居 民 和 属 他 纳 的 镇 市 ， 米 吉 多 的 居 民 和 属 米 吉 多 的 镇 市 。

Contextual Overview

⁷ The lands of Manasseh were in the area between Asher and Micmethath, near Shechem. The border went south to the En Tappuah area, ⁸ which belonged to Manasseh, except for the town of Tappuah. It was along the border of Manasseh's land and belonged to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ The border of Manasseh continued south to Kanah Ravine. The cities in this area of Manasseh belonged to Ephraim. Manasseh's border was on the north side of the ravine and went to the sea. ¹⁰ The land to the south belonged to Ephraim, and the land to the north belonged to Manasseh. The Mediterranean Sea was the western border. The border touched Asher's land on the north and Issachar's land on the east. ¹¹ In the areas of Issachar and Asher, the people of Manasseh owned these towns: Beth Shan and its small towns; Ibleam and its small towns; the people who lived in Dor and its small towns; the people in Naphoth Dor and its small towns; the people who lived in Taanach and its small towns; the people in Megiddo and its small towns. ¹² Manasseh was not able to defeat those cities, so the Canaanites continued to live there. ¹³ When the Israelites grew strong, they forced the Canaanites to work for them, although they did not force them to leave the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Manasseh: Joshua 16:9, 1 Chronicles 7:29, Beth-shean, the Scythopolis of the Greek and Roman writers, was situated in the plain of Jordan, west of that river, 120 furlongs - south from Tiberias, according to Josephus, and 600 furlongs - north from Jerusalem - 2; Mac 1 Chronicles 12:29. It was the largest city of the Decapolis, and the only one on that side of Jordan. It is now called Bisan, 8 hours or 24 miles from Tiberias; and described by Dr. Richardson, exclusive of its ruins, as a "collection of miserable hovels, containing 200 inhabitants." 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12, Beth-shan, 1 Kings 4:12

Ibleam: 2 Kings 9:27, 1 Chronicles 6:70, Bileam

Dor: Dor, according to Eusebius, was situated on the Mediterranean, nine miles from Cesarea Palestine, towards Carmel. The village of Tortura, four leagues north of Cesarea, is supposed to nearly occupy it site. Joshua 12:23, Judges 1:27, 1 Kings 4:11

Endor: 1 Samuel 28:7, Psalms 83:10

Taanach: Joshua 12:21, Judges 5:19

Megiddo: Judges 1:27, Judges 5:19, 1 Kings 4:12, 1 Kings 9:15, 2 Kings 9:27, 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30, 2 Chronicles 35:22, Zechariah 12:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 11:2 - Dor Joshua 17:16 - Bethshean Joshua 21:25 - Tanach 2 Samuel 21:12 - Bethshan

Cross-References

Genesis 17:25
And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

Genesis 17:27
Also on that day all the men in Abraham's camp were circumcised, including all those born in his camp and all the slaves he had bought from other nations.

Exodus 4:25
But Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Taking the skin, she touched Moses' feet with it and said to him, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me."

Exodus 12:48
A foreigner who lives with you may share in the Lord 's Passover if all the males in his house become circumcised. Then, since he will be like a citizen of Israel, he may share in the meal. But a man who is not circumcised may not eat the Passover meal.

Deuteronomy 10:16
Give yourselves completely to serving him, and do not be stubborn any longer.

Joshua 5:3
So Joshua made knives from flint stones and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.

2 Samuel 3:14
Then David sent messengers to Saul's son Ish-Bosheth, saying, "Give me my wife Michal. She was promised to me, and I killed a hundred Philistines to get her."

Acts 7:8
God made an agreement with Abraham, the sign of which was circumcision. And so when Abraham had his son Isaac, Abraham circumcised him when he was eight days old. Isaac also circumcised his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same for his sons, the twelve ancestors of our people.

Romans 4:11
Abraham was circumcised to show that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised; he is the father of all believers who are accepted as being right with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Manasseh had in Issachar, and in Asher, Bethshean, and her towns,.... As Ephraim had cities in Manasseh, so had Manasseh cities in these two tribes, which in some parts bordered on it, before described, even the cities following, and the first that is named is Bethshean: this lay in the tribe of Issachar, and was the uttermost border of Manasseh that way; it was, as Josephus m says, called Scythopolis; but not from the Scythians, as Pliny n suggests, but from Succoth, a place where Jacob resided, and which was not far from it, Genesis 33:17; it lay before the great plain of Jezreel, and was at the entrance into it,

"After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan.'' (1 Maccabees 5:52)

and was six hundred furlongs, or seventy five miles, from Jerusalem, according to:

"From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem,'' (2 Maccabees 12:29)

and was one of the cities of Decapolis, from whence our Lord had hearers, Matthew 4:25. It was such a pleasant place, that it is said in the Talmud o, that if the garden of Eden was in the land of Israel, Bethshean was the gate of it; on which the gloss says, that its fruits were the sweetest in the land of Israel:

and Ibleam and her towns; it seems to be the same with Bileam, by a transposition of the two first letters, 1 Chronicles 6:70; and was a place not far from Megiddo, after mentioned, as appears from 2 Kings 9:27;

and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns; this had been a royal city,

2 Kings 9:27- : and

2 Kings 9:27- :;

and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns; this place became famous for a witch there in the times of Saul, 1 Samuel 28:7; in the times of Jerom p it was a large village near Mount Tabor, four miles to the south, which he calls Aeudor, of or in Jezreel; and elsewhere q he speaks of Endor, as near the town of Nain, where our Lord raised the widow's son the dead, and is about: Scythopolis:

and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns; this had been a royal city, 1 Samuel 28:7- :;

and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: this was another royal city mentioned with the former; 1 Samuel 28:7- :; there

[even] three countries; the three last cities, with their towns, that are mentioned, Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo; all which perhaps belonged to Dor, and may be the Naphothdor spoken of Joshua 11:2; where the same word is used as here; so Jarchi interprets it.

m Antiqu l. 12. c. 8. sect. 5. n Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 18. o T. Bab. Eruvin, fol. 19. 1. p De loc. Heb. fol. 88. L. q lbid. fol. 91. E.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Perhaps Beth-shean (in Issachar) and the other five towns (in Asher) were given to the Manassites in compensation for towns in the Manassite territory allotted to the Ephraimites. (See Joshua 17:9. Compare Joshua 21:9.) To the wall of Beth-shean, or Bethshah (“Beisan,” about 5 miles west of the Jordan), the bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened by the Philistines after the battle on Mount Gilboa. After the exile it received the Greek name of Scythopolis, perhaps because it was principally tenanted by a rude and pagan population, styled in contempt Scythians. It was a border city of Galilee, and the chief town of the Decapolis. In Christian times it was the see of a bishop, who is enumerated as present at Nicaea and other Councils of the Church.

Ibleam (Bileam, 1 Chronicles 6:70), perhaps “Jelameh,” was a Levitical town (Joshua 21:25 note). Near this place Ahaziah was mortally wounded by Jehu (2 Kings 9:27), and fled to Megiddo, which was no doubt not far distant.

Three countries - Rather “the three hills.” The district belonging to the last-mentioned three towns had a common name, derived no doubt from its natural features, and was called “the three hills.” Compare Decapolis, Tripolis, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 17:11. Beth-shean — Called afterwards Scythopolis; the city of the Scythians or Cuthites, those who were sent into the different Samaritan cities by the kings of Assyria.

Dor — On the Mediterranean Sea, about eight miles from Caesarea, on the road to Tyre.

En-dor — The well or fountain of Dor, the place where Saul went to consult the witch; 1 Samuel 28:7, &c.