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Joshua 19:33

Joshua 19:33

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And their coast was from Heleph,.... That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:from Allon to Zaanannim; or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim ; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, .

and Adami, Nekeb; some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, Jos 3:16; as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; See Gill on "Jos 3:16":and Jabneel; Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, Jos 15:11; and is called by the Jews since Cepherjamah;unto Lakum; of which we nowhere else read:and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan; here the coast ended this way.

"Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator. T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70.

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