Joshua 19 · Verse 38

Joshua 19:38

And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:38, King James Version

Joshua 19:38 in other translations

BSBIron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
WEBIron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
ASVand Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
YLTand Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages.
DARBYand Jiron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities and their hamlets.
BBEAnd Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen towns with their unwalled places.
WebsterAnd Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

What does Joshua 19:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 19:32-39

Jos 19:32-39. Of Naphtali. 32-39. the sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali--Although the cities mentioned have not been discovered, it is evident, from Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh, that is, on the northwest of Lake Merom (Jud 4:11), that the boundary described (Jos 19:34) ran from the southwest towards the northeast, up to the sources of the Jordan.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 38 Nineteen cities - But if these cities be separately enumerated they amount to twenty-three; this is probably occasioned by reckoning frontier cities belonging to other tribes, which are only mentioned here as the boundaries of the tribe. See on Jos 19:30 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 19:17-51

Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefer the common welfare before private advantage. Those who labour most to do good to others, seek an inheritance in the Canaan above: but it will be soon enough to enter thereon, when they have done all the…

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Joshua 19:38 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.

וְיִרְאוֹן֙ve.yir.'Onand YironH3375
וּמִגְדַּל\־u.mig.dal-and MigdalH4027
אֵ֔ל'ElElH4027
חֳרֵ֥םcho.RemHoremH2765
וּבֵית\־u.veit-and BethH1043
עֲנָ֖ת'a.NatAnathH1043
וּבֵ֣יתu.Veitand BethH1053
שָׁ֑מֶשׁSha.meshShemeshH1053
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
תְּשַֽׁע\־te.sha'-nine-H8672
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן\׃ve.chatz.rei.Henand villages theirH2691

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beth-anath.Eusebius mentions a town of the name of [Batanaian,] fifteen miles from Cæsarea. (Diocæsarea or Sephoris probably.)
Beth-shemesh.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 19:37

    And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,

  • Joshua 19:38

    And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

  • Joshua 19:39

    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Joshua 19:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E Irón, y Migdalel, y Horem, y Beth-anath, y Beth-semes: diez y nueve ciudades con sus aldeas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Jireon, et Migdal-El, Horem, et Beth-Anath, et Beth-Shémesh: 19 villes et leurs hameaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Jiron und Migdal-El, Horem und Beth-Anath und Beth-Semes: neunzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Jeron et Magdalel, Horem et Bethanath et Bethsames: civitates decem et novem, et villæ earum.