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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Joshua 19:38

Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Anath;   Beth-Shemesh;   Horem;   Iron;   Migdal-El;   Naphtali;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Naphtali, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dan;   Magdala;   Naphtali;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Beth-Anath;   Beth-Shemesh;   Dalmanutha;   Horem;   Migdal-El;   Naphtali, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethanath;   Bethshemesh;   Iron (1);   Mary Magdalene;   Migdal El;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beth-Anath;   Beth-Shemesh;   Fortified Cities;   Horem;   Iron;   Migdal-El;   Naphtali;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Yiron;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Horem;   Iron;   Joshua;   Lakkum;   Naphtali;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Magdala;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethanath ;   Bethshemesh ;   Horem ;   Iron ;   Migdalel ;   Naphtali ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Migdal-el;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-shemesh;   Magdala;   Naphtali;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beth'-Anath;   Beth-She'mesh;   Ho'rem;   I'ron;   Jirjatha'im;   Mig'dal-El;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adami-Nekeb;   Beth (2);   Beth-Anath;   Beth-Shemesh;   Horem;   Iron (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Kartan;   Migdal-El;   Naphtali;   Sun-Worship;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beth-Anath;   Beth-Shemesh;   Horem;   Moses, Blessing of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen cities, with their settlements.
Hebrew Names Version
Yir`on, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beit-`Anat, and Beit-Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
King James Version
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Lexham English Bible
Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth-anath, Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
English Standard Version
Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages.
New Century Version
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and all their villages.
New English Translation
Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had nineteen cities and their towns.
Amplified Bible
and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
New American Standard Bible
Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, & Beth-anah, and Beth-shemesh: nineteene cities with their villages.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yir'on, Migdal-El, Horem, Beit-‘Anat and Beit-Shemesh — nineteen cities, together with their villages.
Darby Translation
and Jiron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities and their hamlets.
Easy-to-Read Version
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all, there were 19 towns and all the fields around them.
George Lamsa Translation
Dion, Migdal-el, Hadon, Beth-anoth, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Good News Translation
Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Bethanath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities, along with the towns around them.
Literal Translation
and Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iereon, Migdal Elhare, Beth Anath, Beth Sames. These are nyentene cities and their vyllages.
American Standard Version
and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Bible in Basic English
And Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen towns with their unwalled places.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ieron, Magdalel, Horem, Bethanah and Bethsames, ninteene cities with their villages.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Iron, and Migdal-el, and Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
King James Version (1611)
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Bethanah, and Bethshemesh, nineteene cities with their villages.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Keroe, and Megalaarim, and Baetthame, and Thessamys.
English Revised Version
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nason, and Jeron, and Magdael, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethsemes; nyntene citees, and `the townes of tho.
Young's Literal Translation
and Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
Update Bible Version
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
World English Bible
Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
New King James Version
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.
New Living Translation
Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen towns with their surrounding villages.
New Life Bible
Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities with their towns.
New Revised Standard
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen towns with their villages.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh, - nineteen cities, with their villages.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and their villages.
Revised Standard Version
Yiron, Mig'dal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-she'mesh--nineteen cities with their villages.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

Contextual Overview

32The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali: 33Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. 34Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east. 35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, 38Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.39This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including the cities and villages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethanath: Eusebius mentions a town of the name of בפבםביבם, fifteen miles from Cesarea. - Diocesarea or Sephoris probably.

Bethshemesh: Joshua 19:22

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:11 - Bethshemesh

Cross-References

Genesis 19:1
The two angels entered Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground,
Genesis 19:3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Genesis 19:4
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them whatever you want. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
Genesis 19:15
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Genesis 19:23
When the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, "Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar as a possession to the descendants of Lot."
Deuteronomy 2:19
But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites, because I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Joshua 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The number of the fortified cities of Naphtali is remarkable, though it does not tally with the catalogue. It was no doubt good policy to protect the northern frontier by a belt of fortresses, as the south was protected by the fenced cities of Judah. Hammath, a Levitical city (compare Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:76), is not to be confounded with the Hamath on the northeastern frontier of the land Numbers 13:21. The name (from a root signifying “to be warm”) probably indicates that hot springs existed here; and is perhaps rightly traced in Ammaus, near Tiberias. Rakkath was, according to the rabbis, rebuilt by Herod and called Tiberias. The name (“bank, shore”) suits the site of Tiberias very well. Migdal-el, perhaps the Magdala of Matthew 15:39, is now the miserable village of “El Mejdel.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. Nineteen cities — But if these cities be separately enumerated they amount to twenty-three; this is probably occasioned by reckoning frontier cities belonging to other tribes, which are only mentioned here as the boundaries of the tribe. Joshua 19:30.


 
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