Giosuè 17:9

La Nuova Diodati

Poi il confine scendeva al torrente Kanah, a sud del torrente; queste citt che appartenevano ad Efraim erano in mezzo alle citt di Manasse; ma il confine di Manasse era dal lato nord del torrente e terminava sul mare.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
Poi il confine scendeva al torrente di Kana, a sud del torrente, presso citt� che appartenevano ad Efraim in mezzo alle citt� di Manasse; ma il confine di Manasse era dal lato nord del torrente, e facea capo al mare.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Poi quel confine scendeva alla Valle delle canne; le citt� dal lato meridionale di detta valle furono di Efraim, per mezzo le citt� di Manasse; ma il confine di Manasse fu dal Settentrione di essa valle, e faceva capo al mare.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

river Kanah: or, brook of reeds, The brook Kanah seem to be what is now called Nahr el Kasab, which falls into the Mediterranean a few miles south of Cesarea of Palestine, mentioned by the Hon. C. L. Irby, and J. Mangles. Joshua 16:8

these cities: Joshua 16:9

the outgoings: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:8, Joshua 19:29

the sea: The Mediterranean

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river,.... The same mentioned in the account of the coast of Ephraim,

Joshua 16:8; which was north of that river, as Manasseh was to the south of it:

these cities of Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh; that is, the cities before mentioned, Asher, Michmethah, Entappuah, and Tappuah; though they were in the tribe of Manasseh, yet they were inhabited by the Ephraimites:

the coast of Manasseh also [was] on the north side of the river; of the river Kanah, as well as on the south of it; it had cities there, though possessed by the tribe of Ephraim:

and the outgoings of it were at the sea; the Mediterranean sea.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These cities ... - The text is possibly corrupt. The intention seems to be to state that the cities lying south of the river, though within the limits of Manasseh, were in fact made over to Ephraim, and were among the “separate cities” Joshua 16:9. On the contrary, the north bank of the river, both land and towns, belonged to Manasseh exclusively.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 17:9. Unto the river Kanah — Literally, the river or valley of the reeds, translated by the Vulgate, vallis arundintei. The tribe of Manasseh appears to have been bounded on the north by this torrent or valley, and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.