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Joshua 19:41

And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Dan;   Eshtaol;   Ir-Shemesh;   Zorah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Eshtaol;   Zorah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dan, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Shemesh;   Dan;   Eshtaol;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Dan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eshtaol;   Heres;   Zorah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethshemesh;   Dan (1);   Eshtaol;   Irshemesh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beth-Shemesh;   Eshtaol;   Irshemesh;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Zorah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Heres;   Joshua;   Zorah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eshtaol ;   Irshemesh ;   Zorah, Zareah, Zoreah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-shemesh;   Zorah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Esh'taol;   Ir-She'mesh;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Sam'son;   Zo'rah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Shemesh;   Eshtaol;   Heres;   Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Makaz;   Sun-Worship;   Zorah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beth-Shemesh;   Dan;   Heres;   Ir-Shemesh;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Hebrew Names Version
The border of their inheritance was Tzor`ah, and Eshta'ol, and `Ir-Shamesh,
King James Version
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
Lexham English Bible
The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
English Standard Version
And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
New Century Version
Their land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
New English Translation
Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
Amplified Bible
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh,
New American Standard Bible
The territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Legacy Standard Bible
And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh,
Complete Jewish Bible
The territory of their inheritance included Tzor‘ah, Eshta'ol, ‘Ir-Shemesh,
Darby Translation
And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is the land that was given to them: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
George Lamsa Translation
And the border of their inheritance was Zidah, Eshtaol, Kerith-shemish,
Good News Translation
Its area included Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
Literal Translation
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and I-rshemesh,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea, Esthaol, Irsames,
American Standard Version
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the coast of their inheritaunce was, Zaraah, Esthaol, Irsemes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh;
King James Version (1611)
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their borders were Sarath, and Asa, and the cities of Sammaus,
English Revised Version
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh;
Berean Standard Bible
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the terme of the possessioun therof was Saraa, and Ascahol, and Darsemes, that is, the citee of the sunne,
Young's Literal Translation
and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh,
Update Bible Version
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
World English Bible
The border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
New King James Version
And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
New Living Translation
The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
New Life Bible
In their land were Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
New Revised Standard
The territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the boundary of their inheritance was, - Zorah and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,
Revised Standard Version
And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Esh'ta-ol, Ir-she'mesh,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The territory of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh,

Contextual Overview

40 For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out; 41 And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh 42 And Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah 43 And Elon and Timnah and Ekron 44 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon; 46 And on the west was Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. opposite Joppa. 47 (But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.) 48 This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Dan by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zorah: Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles north from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar Sorek. Joshua 15:33, Zoreah, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:25, Judges 16:31, Judges 18:2, 1 Chronicles 2:53, 2 Chronicles 11:10

Irshemesh: Supposed by some to be the same as Beth-shemesh in the tribe of Judah; but this latter city is evidently distinguished from it by being assigned by the tribe of Judah to the Levites - Joshua 21:16. Ir-shemesh rendered נןכיע בללבץע by the LXX, seems to be the same as Emmaus or Nicopolis, 22 miles south-east from Lydda, according to the Old Jerusalem Itinerary.

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:17 - are the names Nehemiah 11:29 - Zareah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,.... The tribe of Dan is not described by places the boundaries of it, as other tribes, but by its cities, which were chiefly, at least several of them, taken out of the tribe of Judah, as the two first of these most manifestly were; :-;

and Irshemesh signifies the city of the sun, as the Targum interprets it, and was so called very probably from a temple in it, dedicated to the idolatrous worship of the sun, but a different place from Bethshemesh in other tribes; though those of that name, as this, had it for the like reason; and so Heliopolis, in Egypt, which signifies the same, where was a temple of the same kind; as there was another city of this name, between the mountains of Libanus and Antilibanus, now called Balbec p, where the ruins of the temple are yet to be seen: but this was a different place, the Septuagint version calls it Sammaus, and it was, according to Jerom q, the same with Emmaus, afterwards called Nicopolis; which, if the same Emmaus with that in Luke 24:13; though some doubt it, was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, or seven miles and a half.

p See Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 120, 138. q Comment. in Ezek. xlviii. fol. 263. A.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 41. Zorah, and EshtaolJoshua 15:33.

Ir-shemeshThe city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.


 
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