Joshua 19 · Verse 41

Joshua 19:41

And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,
Joshua 19:41, King James Version

Joshua 19:41 in other translations

BSBThe territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
WEBThe border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
ASVAnd the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
YLTand the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh,
DARBYAnd the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
BBEAnd the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh
WebsterAnd the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

What does Joshua 19:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 19:40-46

Jos 19:40-48. Of Dan. 40-46. the seventh lot came out for the tribe ... Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Zorah, and Eshtaol - See the note on Jos 15:33. Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.

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 19:41 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.

וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
גְּב֣וּלge.Vul[the] territory ofH1366
נַחֲלָתָ֑םna.cha.la.Taminheritance theirH5159
צָרְעָ֥הtza.re.'AhZorahH6881
וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹלve.'esh.ta.'oland EshtaolH847
וְעִ֥ירve.'Irand Ir-H5905
שָֽׁמֶשׁ\׃Sha.meshShemeshH5905

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Cross references for Joshua 19:41

  • Judges 13:2

    And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

  • Judges 16:31

    Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

  • Judges 18:2

    And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

  • Judges 13:25

    And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:10

    And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:53

    And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

  • Joshua 15:33

    And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zorah.Situated on the frontiers of Dan and Judah, tens miles north from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicoplis, according to Eusebius, not far from Caphar Sorek.
15:33
Zoreah.
Jud 13:2,25; 16:31; 18:2; 1Ch 2:53; 2Ch 11:10
Irshemesh.Supposed by some to be the same as Beth-shemesh in the tribe of Judah; but this latter city is evidently distinguished from it by being assigned by the tribe of Judah to the Levites. (ch. 21:16.) Ir-shemesh rendered [polis Sammaus] by the LXX., seems to be the same as Emmaus or Nicopolis, 22 miles south-east from Lydda, according to the Old Jerusalem Itinerary.

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Context

  • Joshua 19:40

    And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

  • Joshua 19:41

    And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,

  • Joshua 19:42

    And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

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Joshua 19:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fué el término de su heredad, Sora, y Estaol, é Ir-semes,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le territoire de leur héritage fut: Tsorha, et Eshtaol, et Ir-Shémesh,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Gebiet ihres Erbteils war: Zorha und Eschtaol und Ir-Semes,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et fuit terminus possessionis ejus Sara et Esthaol, et Hirsemes, id est, civitas solis.