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Joshua 19:35

The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chinnereth;   Hammath;   Hammoth-Dor;   Naphtali;   Rakkath;   Zer;   Ziddim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Naphtali, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth;   Dan;   Naphtali;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth;   Naphtali;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth;   Cinnereth;   Gennesaret;   Hammath;   Naphtali, Tribe of;   Rakkath;   Ziddim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth, Sea of;   Galilee, Sea of;   Hammath;   Rakkath;   Zer;   Ziddim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth;   Fortified Cities;   Hammath;   Naphtali;   Rakkath;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Zer;   Ziddim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chinnereth;   Hammath;   Joshua;   Naphtali;   Rakkath;   Tiberias;   Zer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Emmaus ;   Lots;   Sea of Galilee;   Tiberias ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chinnereth, Chinneroth, Cinneroth ;   Hammath ;   Hammon ;   Naphtali ;   Rakkath ;   Zer;   Ziddim ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rakkath;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Galilee sea of;   Naphtali;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chin'nereth;   Gal'ilee, Sea of;   Ham'math;   Jirjatha'im;   Rak'kath;   Zer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adami-Nekeb;   Chinnereth;   Fence;   Galilee, Sea of;   Hammath;   Hammon;   Hammoth-Dor;   Joshua, Book of;   Naphtali;   Rakkath;   Zer;   Ziddim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chinnereth;   Gennesaret, Lake of;   Hammath;   Moses, Blessing of;   Palestine;   Tiberias;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
Hebrew Names Version
The fortified cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Hammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret,
King James Version
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Lexham English Bible
The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
English Standard Version
The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
New Century Version
The strong, walled cities inside these borders were called Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
Amplified Bible
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,
New American Standard Bible
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Cinnereth,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,
Contemporary English Version
Issachar was the fourth tribe chosen to receive land. The northern border for its clans went from Mount Tabor east to the Jordan River. Their land included the following sixteen towns with their surrounding villages: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, Debirath, Kishion, Ebez, Remeth, En-Gannim, Enhaddah, Beth-Pazzez, Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth-Shemesh. Asher was the fifth tribe chosen to receive land, and the region for its clans included the following towns: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. Asher's southern border ran from the Mediterranean Sea southeast along the Shihor-Libnath River at the foot of Mount Carmel, then east to Beth-Dagon. On the southeast, Asher shared a border with Zebulun along the Iphtahel Valley. On the eastern side their border ran north to Beth-Emek, went east of Cabul, and then on to Neiel, Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far north as the city of Sidon. Then it turned west to become the northern border and went to Ramah and the fortress-city of Tyre. Near Tyre it turned toward Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. Asher had a total of twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages, including Mahalab, Achzib, Acco, Aphek, and Rehob. Naphtali was the sixth tribe chosen to receive land. The southern border for its clans started in the west, where the tribal lands of Asher and Zebulun meet near Hukkok. From that point it ran east and southeast along the border with Zebulun as far as Aznoth-Tabor. From there the border went east to Heleph, Adami-Nekeb, Jabneel, then to the town called Oak in Zaanannim, and Lakkum. The southern border ended at the Jordan River, at the edge of the town named Jehudah. Naphtali shared a border with Asher on the west. The Naphtali clans received this region as their tribal land, and it included nineteen towns with their surrounding villages. The following towns had walls around them: Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, Enhazor, Iron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh.
Complete Jewish Bible
The fortified cities were Tzidim, Tzer, Hamat, Rakat, Kinneret,
Darby Translation
And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Easy-to-Read Version
There were some very strong cities inside these borders. They were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
George Lamsa Translation
And the great cities were Tyre, Zidon, Hammath, Karath, Chinnereth,
Good News Translation
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
Literal Translation
and the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and hath stronge cities, Zidimzer, Hamath Rakath, Chinnaret,
American Standard Version
And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Bible in Basic English
And the walled towns are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their strong cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hamath, Raccath, & Cenereth,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the fortified cities were Ziddim-zer, and Hammath, and Rakkath, and Chinnereth;
King James Version (1611)
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Cinnereth,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth,
English Revised Version
And the fenced cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth;
Berean Standard Bible
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of the strongeste citee Assydym, Ser, and Amraath,
Young's Literal Translation
and the cities of defence [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Update Bible Version
And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the fortified cities [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
World English Bible
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
New King James Version
And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
New Living Translation
The fortified towns included in this territory were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
New Life Bible
The strong cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
New Revised Standard
The fortified towns are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the fortified cities, are, - Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth,
Revised Standard Version
The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chin'nereth,
THE MESSAGE
Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh— nineteen towns and their villages.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth,

Contextual Overview

32 The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans. 33 Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River. 34 It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan on the east. 35 The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had nineteen cities and their towns. 39 This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hammath: Genesis 10:18, Numbers 13:21, Numbers 34:8, Numbers 34:8, 1 Kings 8:65, Hamath

Chinnereth: Joshua 11:2, Chinneroth, Joshua 13:27, Mark 6:53, Gennesaret

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - sea of Chinnereth Joshua 21:32 - Hammothdor 1 Chronicles 6:76 - Hammon

Cross-References

Genesis 19:11
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
Genesis 19:12
Then the two visitors said to Lot, "Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place
Psalms 8:4
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
Proverbs 24:16
Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Luke 21:34
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
1 Peter 4:7
For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the fenced cities [are] Ziddim,.... The later name of Ziddim, according to the Talmud i, was Cepharchitiya, or the village of wheat, perhaps from the large quantity or goodness of wheat there;

Zer is called by Jerom k Sor, and interpreted Tyre, the metropolis of Phoenicia, very wrongly, and, in the tribe of Naphtali;

and Hammath probably was built by the youngest son of Canaan,

Genesis 10:18; or had its name in memory of him; it lay to the north of the land of Israel; see Numbers 34:8;

Rakkath, and Chinnereth; Rakkath according to the Jewish writers l is the same with Tiberias, as Chinnereth with Gennesaret, from whence the lake or sea of Tiberias, and the country and lake of Gennesaret, had their names, often mentioned in the New Testament. Gennesaret was a most delicious and fruitful spot, and fulfilled the prophecy of Moses,

Deuteronomy 33:23; concerning Naphtali.

i Ut supra. (T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.) k De loc. Heb. fol. 95. A. l T. Hieros. ut supra. (Megillah, fol. 70. 1.)

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 35. ChinnerethJoshua 11:2.


 
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