Joshua 19 · Verse 11

Joshua 19:11

And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
Joshua 19:11, King James Version

Joshua 19:11 in other translations

BSBThe border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid. It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
WEBTheir border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.
ASVand their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
YLTand their border hath gone up towards the sea, and Maralah, and come against Dabbasheth, and come unto the brook which is on the front of Jokneam,
DARBYand their border went up westwards, and to Marealah, and reached to Dabbesheth, and reached to the torrent that is before Jokneam;
BBEAnd their limit goes up to the west to Maralah, stretching to Dabbesheth, and to the stream in front of Jokneam;
WebsterAnd their border went up towards the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam,

What does Joshua 19:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 19:10-14

Jos 19:10-16. Of Zebulun. 10-14. the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun--The boundaries of the possession assigned to them extended from the Lake of Chinnereth (Sea of Galilee) on the east, to the Mediterranean on the west. Although they do not seem at first to have touched on the western shore--a part of Manasseh running north into Asher (Jos 17:10)--they afterwards did, according to the prediction of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 19:10-16

In the division to each tribe of Israel, the prophetic blessings of Jacob were fulfilled. They chose for themselves, or it was divided to them by lot, in the manner and places that he foresaw. So sure a rule to go by is the word of prophecy: we see by it what to believe, and it proves beyond all dispute the things that are of God.

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Joshua 19:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָלָ֨הve.'a.Lahand it goes upH5927
גְבוּלָ֧ם\׀ge.vu.Lamborder theirH1366
לַיָּ֛מָּהlai.Ya.mahto the west <towards>H3220
וּמַרְעֲלָ֖הu.mar.'a.Lahand MaralahH4831
וּפָגַ֣עu.fa.Ga'and it touchesH6293
בְּדַבָּ֑שֶׁתbe.da.Ba.shet<on> DabbeshethH1708
וּפָגַע֙u.fa.Ga'and it touchesH6293
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
הַנַּ֔חַלha.Na.chalthe wadiH5158
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
יָקְנְעָֽם\׃ya.ke.ne.'AmJokneamH3362

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 19:11

  • Joshua 12:22

    The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

  • 1 Kings 4:12

    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

  • 1 Chronicles 6:68

    And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,

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the river.The river Kishon, which empties itself into the Mediterranean near mount Carmel, in the vicinity of which Jokneam was situated.
Jokneam.
12:22; 1Ki 4:12; 1Ch 6:68
Jokmeam.

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Context

  • Joshua 19:10

    And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

  • Joshua 19:11

    And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

  • Joshua 19:12

    And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,

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Joshua 19:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y su término sube hasta la mar y hasta Merala, y llega hasta Dabbe-seth, y de allí llega al arroyo que está delante de Jocneam;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et leur frontière montait vers l’occident, et à Marhala, et touchait à Dabbésheth, et touchait au torrent qui est devant Jokneam;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihre Grenze stieg hinauf westwärts, und zwar nach Marhala, und stieß an Dabbescheth und stieß an den Bach, der vor Jokneam fließt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ascenditque de mari et Merala, et pervenit in Debbaseth, usque ad torrentem qui est contra Jeconam.