12 And turned from Sarid eaſtward, toward the \un-rifing, unto the borderof Chiſloth-rabor, and then goeth out to Daberath þ, and geeth up to Japhia,
h A City in Iſachar, as appears from Joſs 21: 28.
t2 And from thence paſlſech on along on the eaſt to Gittath-hephir, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Rem- mon || Methoar to Neah. 1 Or,
14 And the border compaſleth it on the north-ſide to which :: Hannathon : and the out-goings thereof are in the yal- 4rawn- ey of Jipthah-el.
I5 And Kattath,and Nahallal,and Shimron,and Idalah, and Beth-lehem z: twelve cities & with their villages.
z; Not that where Chriſt was born, which was 1n Judah,thence cal- led Bethlehem Judah, Matt: but another. k There are more numbred here, but the reſt either were not Cities properly ſo called, having Villages under their Juriſdiction; or were not within this Tribe, but only bordering upon it,and belonging to other Tribes, which is evident of ſome of them, and may well be preſumed of others.
16 This zs the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to their families,theſe cities with their villages.
17 C 4d the fourth lot came outto Ilachar,for the children of Iffachar, according to their families.
18 And their border was toward Jezreel /, and Che- {ulloth, and Shunem »-.
1 The Royal City, 1 Kings 21: 11 This Tribes becauſe it lay be-. eween Benjamin on the Sourh, and Zeb:lun on the North, isnot here Jeſcribed by its borders, which were the ſame with theirs ; bat by ſome of its Cities. »» The Birth-place of Abijhag, 1 Kings 1: 3.
i9 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20 And Rabbith, and Kijhion, and Abez,
21 And Remeth,and En-gannim », and En-haddah, , and Beth-pazzez. L
n A different place from that Znganmim in the Tribe of Judah, Joſ.
I5: : NS.” 24 ad the coaft reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, _ and Beth-ſbemeſh,. and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan: ſixteen cities with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of lifachar, according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 CT And the fifth lot came out of the tribe of the children of Aſher according to their families.
25 And their border 0 was Helkath, and Hali, and Beren, and Achfihaph,
o On the North-weſt-ſide. " |
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Miſheal, and reacheth to Carmel weſtward p,and to Shihor-libnath ;
p Or, Carmel by the ſea, to diſtinguiſh it from that Carmel in the Tribe of Judah, 1 Sam. 25. 2. This was a placs ofeminent fruit- fulneſs, 1/a. 33- 9- and 35+ 2. 37: 24+. agreable to the Prophecy concerning 4ſber, Gen. 49: 20. Deutt 15; 24. |
27 And turneth roward the ſun-riting, to Beth-dagon,. and reacheth to Zebulun,and tothe valley of Jiphthahel
coward the north-fide of Bethemek,and Neiel,and goeth out to Cabul q on the left hand r,
q Either 1. That Coeuntrey called Calu/, wherein were 20 Cities, of which 1 Kings 9. 13. But this is not probable,becuule rhat was not within,nor belonging to any particular Tribe; for then S9/0- 29x Could not have aliznated it from rhem,and given it unto Hiram, whereas this did belong ro 4jher; or 2+ A certain City ſo called. -. r 1+ e. On: the North, which, when men luok towards the Eaſt, as iS uſual), is On their lefe hand.
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Kanah /; ever unto great Zidon ?.
{To wit, Kanah the greater, in the upper Gal:l:e; not Kanah the l:ſs, which was in the lower Galilee. ? Called great for its Aniqut- tys and Riches, and Glory. This Ciry either was not given to the Iſraelites, but is only mentioned as their border ; or at leaſt was ne- ver poſſeſſed by them; not withour a ſingular Providence of God, that they might not by the opportunity of {o good a Port, be 1n- gaged in much Commerce with other Nar10ns; from which, toge- ther with Wealth, that great corrupter of Mankine\, they might contra& their Errors and Vicese
29 And then the coaſt turneth /toRamah,and to the
ſtrong city F Tyre 7, and the coaſt turneth to Hoſah ; and the outgoings thereof are at the ſea, from the coaſt
-_ - * 248, co Achzib. th: 15h 1: FJ From the North Southward. 31. no part of the Land given them» LS Mic:1:14, 20 Umma alſo, and Aphek, and Rehob : twenty an
two cities x with their villages. x Here are more named, bur ſome of them were not Tribe, but only bordering-placcs- : ; 21 This zs the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Aſher, according to their families, theſe cities with
their villages. 32 © The ſixth lot came out to the children of
Naphtali: even for the children of Naphtali, according
co their families. 33 And thcir coaſt y was from Heleph, from Allon to
Zaanannim, and Adami,Nekeb, and Jabneel unto La- kum : and the out-goings z thereof were at Jordan.
7 Their Northern Border drawn from Weſt to Eaſt, as appears, becauſe when this Coaſt is deſcribed and brought to irs end, 742 Coaſt is is ſaid to tun from the Eaſt Weſtwardy ve 34+ & is e The end of that Coaſt.
24 And then the coaft turneth weſtward a to Az- nothcabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun to the ſouth-ſide, and reacheth to Alher on the weſt-ſide, and to Judah upon Jordan b to-
ward the ſun-riſing.
@ This is unqueſtionably the Southern Border deſcribed from Eaft to Weſt, b Qu, How can this be, when there were divers Tribes between this and Jadahall which reached to Jordan ? Anſ, He doth not ſay of Judah, as he doth of Zebulun and 4jher, that it reacheth to 5t; but as it ſeems» purpoſely leaves out that word which he had aſed in both the former branches, left it ſhould be underſtood of a Local Reaching to it, or being Contiguous with ity which was Not true ; and that he mighr ſignifie, that he meant this Clauſe in ano- ther ſenſe; to wit, that it did in ſome ſort go or reach to, or COn- verſe with Judah by Jordans And ſo this may be here added, to ſhew the accompliſhment of rhat famous and obſcure Prophecys That
; Excluſivelyy for this City was
within this
Naphtaliy though he ſhould be planted in the utmoſt border of the.