King James Version

What Does Joshua 19:9 Mean?

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.

Context

7

Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

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;

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**17. from the mount Halak--**Hebrew, "the smooth mountain." **that goeth up to Seir--**an irregular line of white naked hills, about eighty feet high, and seven or eight geographical miles in length that cross the whole Ghor, eight miles south of the Dead Sea, probably "the ascent of Akrabbim" [Robinson]. **unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon--**the city or temple of the god of destiny, in Baalbec.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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