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Joshua 19:25

Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The western border touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath, then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, skirting Cabul on the left. It went on to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, all the way to Greater Sidon. The border circled back toward Ramah, extended to the fort city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Aczib, Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns and their villages.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Achshaph;   Asher;   Beten;   Hali;   Helkath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Asher, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achshaph;   Asher;   Daberath;   Dan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asher;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achshaph;   Asher;   Helkath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achshaph;   Asher;   Beten;   Hali;   Helkath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achshaph;   Asher;   Beten;   Hali;   Helkath;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achshaph;   Asher;   Beten;   Hali;   Helkath;   Joshua;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Asher ;   Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achshaph ;   Beten ;   Hali ;   Helkath ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achshaph;   Asher;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ach'shaph;   Ash'er,;   Be'ten;   Ha'li;   Hel'hath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acco;   Achshaph;   Asher (1);   Beten;   Hali;   Helkath;   Joshua, Book of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achshaph;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asher, Tribe and Territory;   Hali;   Zidon (Sidon);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Hebrew Names Version
Their border was Helkat, and Hali, and Beten, and Akhshaf,
King James Version
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Lexham English Bible
Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
English Standard Version
Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
New Century Version
Their land included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
New English Translation
Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
Amplified Bible
Their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,
New American Standard Bible
Their territory was Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achshaph,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their coast was Helcath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Legacy Standard Bible
And their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,
Complete Jewish Bible
Their territory included Helkat, Hali, Beten, Akhshaf,
Darby Translation
And their territory was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Acshaph,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is the land that was given to that tribe: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
George Lamsa Translation
And their border was Haklath, Hali, Batan, Achshaph,
Good News Translation
Its area included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Literal Translation
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achsaph,
American Standard Version
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Bible in Basic English
And their limit was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their coast was, Helkath, Hali, Beten, and Achsap,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph;
King James Version (1611)
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their borders were Exeleketh, and Aleph, and Baethok, and Keaph,
English Revised Version
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Berean Standard Bible
Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the terme of hem was Alchat, and Adi, and Bethen,
Young's Literal Translation
and their border is Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Update Bible Version
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Webster's Bible Translation
And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
World English Bible
Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
New King James Version
And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
New Living Translation
Its boundaries included these towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph,
New Life Bible
In their land were Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
New Revised Standard
Its boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And their boundary was, - Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achshaph,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph,
Revised Standard Version
Its territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Ach'shaph,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,

Contextual Overview

24 The fifth lot went to the tribe of Asher, clan by clan: 25Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The western border touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath, then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, skirting Cabul on the left. It went on to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, all the way to Greater Sidon. The border circled back toward Ramah, extended to the fort city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Aczib, Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns and their villages. 31 These towns and villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, clan by clan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Helkath: 2 Samuel 2:16

Beten: Probably the same as Bebeten or Batnai, mentioned by Eusebius, eight miles east from Ptolemais; and perhaps the Ecbatana which Pliny places not far from Ptolemais.

Achshaph: Joshua 11:1, Joshua 12:20

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:30 - Mishal 1 Chronicles 6:75 - Hukok

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
Genesis 14:3
This second group of kings, the attacked, came together at the Valley of Siddim, that is, the Salt Sea. They had been under the thumb of Kedorlaomer for twelve years. In the thirteenth year, they revolted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their border was Helkath,.... Helkath seems to be the same with Hukok, 1 Chronicles 6:75; and according to Masius it lay ten or twelve miles above Ptolemais;

and Hali, of which we read nowhere else.

and Beten is by Jerom h called Bathne, and was in his time a village by the name of Bethebem, eight miles from Ptolemais to the east. Reland i seems to think it might be the Ecbatana of Pliny k, which he speaks of as near Mount Carmel, and not far from Ptolemais;

and Achshaph was a royal city, whose king was taken by Joshua,

1 Chronicles 6:75- :.

h De loc. Heb. fol. 89. H. i Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 617. k Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Helkath, a Levitical town Joshua 21:31, is probably Yerka, a village about seven or eight miles north-west of Acre, in a Wady of the same name. Alammelech was in the “Wady Melik,” which joins the Kishon from the northeast, not far from the sea.

Shihor-libnath - i. e. “black-white.” The two words are now generally admitted to be the name of a river, probably the modern “Nahr Zerka,” or Blue River, which reaches the sea about 8 miles south of Dor, and whose name has a correspondence both to black and white. Possibly we have in the occurrence of the term Shihor here a trace of the contact, which was close and continuous in ancient times, between Phoenicia and Egypt Joshua 13:3. Cabul Joshua 19:27 still retains its ancient name; it lies between four and five miles west of Jotapata and about ten miles southeast of Acre.


 
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