King James Version
What Does Joshua 19:10 Mean?
“And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:”
Context
8
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
9
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
10
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
12
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English ReadersTHE BORDER OF ZEBULUN.
(10) **The third lot . . . for the children of Zebulun . . .** Sarid (Syriac, Asdod; LXX., Seddouk) should be apparently spelt with consonants s, D, D. It is identified as *Tell Shadûd *(sheet 8). From this point a line is drawn westward (past *M’alûl, *sheet 5) to Jokneam (*Tell Keimûn, *same sheet), a place at the south-east end of the Carmel ridge. This is the south boundary. We may note that it does not touch the sea, but leaves room for the territory of Asher to interpose (comp. Joshua 17:10-11). Returning to Sarid, the boundary is next (Joshua 19:12) drawn eastward to Chisloth-tabor (*Iksâl, *sheet 6), Daberath(Dabûrieh, sheet 6), Japhia (*Yâfa, *sheet 5), Gittah-hepher (*El-Mesh-hed, *sheet 6).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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