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Douay-Rheims Bible

Joshua 19:38

And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and 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.
Berean Standard Bible
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along 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.
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

32 The sixth lot came out to the sons of Nephtali by their families: 33 And the border began from Heleph and Elon to Saananim, and Adami, which is Neceb, and Jebnael even to Lecum: 34 And the border returneth westward to Azanotthabor, and goeth out from thence to Hucuca, and passeth along to Zabulon southward, and to Aser westward, and to Juda upon the Jordan towards the rising of the sun. 35 And the strong cities are Assedim, Ser, and Emath, and Reccath and Cenereth, 36 And Edema and Arama, Asor, 37 And Cedes and Edri, Enhasor, 38 And Jeron and Magdalel, Horem, and Bethanath and Bethsames: nineteen cities, and their villages. 39 This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephtali by their kindreds, the cities and their 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
And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.
Genesis 19:3
He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:
Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.
Genesis 19:8
I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 19:15
And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters that thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city.
Genesis 19:19
Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.
Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Segor.
Genesis 19:28
He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.
Deuteronomy 2:9
And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession.
Deuteronomy 2:19
And when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of Ammon, take heed thou fight not against them, nor once move to battle: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.

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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