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Joshua 19 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Simeon’s Inheritance with Judah
The Remainder of the Land Divided

Jos 19:1

Jos 19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Jos 19:2

Jos 19:2They had in their inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah,

Jos 19:3

Jos 19:3Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,

Jos 19:4

Jos 19:4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

Jos 19:5

Jos 19:5Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,

Jos 19:6

Jos 19:6Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages;

Jos 19:7

Jos 19:7Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages;

Jos 19:8

Jos 19:8and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Jos 19:9

Jos 19:9The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that people.
The Land of Zebulun

Jos 19:10

Jos 19:10The third lot came out for the children of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sarid.

Jos 19:11

Jos 19:11Their border went toward the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended along the brook that is east of Jokneam.

Jos 19:12

Jos 19:12Then from Sarid it went eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward Daberath, bypassing Japhia.

Jos 19:13

Jos 19:13And from there it passed along on the east of Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon, which borders on Neah.

Jos 19:14

Jos 19:14Then the border went around it on the north side of Hannathon, and it ended in the Valley of Jiphthah El.

Jos 19:15

Jos 19:15Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Jos 19:16

Jos 19:16This was the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
The Land of Issachar

Jos 19:17

Jos 19:17The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

Jos 19:18

Jos 19:18And their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,

Jos 19:19

Jos 19:19Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath,

Jos 19:20

Jos 19:20Rabbith, Kishion, Abez,

Jos 19:21

Jos 19:21Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.

Jos 19:22

Jos 19:22And the border reached to Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh; their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

Jos 19:23

Jos 19:23This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
The Land of Asher

Jos 19:24

Jos 19:24The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Jos 19:25

Jos 19:25And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

Jos 19:26

Jos 19:26Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel westward, along the Brook Shihor Libnath.

Jos 19:27

Jos 19:27It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was on the left,

Jos 19:28

Jos 19:28including Ebron,[fn] Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

Jos 19:29

Jos 19:29And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.

Jos 19:30

Jos 19:30Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages.

Jos 19:31

Jos 19:31This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
The Land of Naphtali

Jos 19:32

Jos 19:32The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Jos 19:33

Jos 19:33And their border began at Heleph, enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; it ended at the Jordan.

Jos 19:34

Jos 19:34From Heleph the border extended westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there toward Hukkok; it adjoined Zebulun on the south side and Asher on the west side, and ended at Judah by the Jordan toward the sunrise.

Jos 19:35

Jos 19:35And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

Jos 19:36

Jos 19:36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

Jos 19:37

Jos 19:37Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,

Jos 19:38

Jos 19:38Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.

Jos 19:39

Jos 19:39This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
The Land of Dan

Jos 19:40

Jos 19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

Jos 19:41

Jos 19:41And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

Jos 19:42

Jos 19:42Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah,

Jos 19:43

Jos 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

Jos 19:44

Jos 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

Jos 19:45

Jos 19:45Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

Jos 19:46

Jos 19:46Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region near Joppa.

Jos 19:47

Jos 19:47And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Jos 19:48

Jos 19:48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua’s Inheritance

Jos 19:49

Jos 19:49When they had made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

Jos 19:50

Jos 19:50According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in it.

Jos 19:51

Jos 19:51These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country.
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NKJV Footnotes
Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; a few Hebrew manuscripts read Abdon (compare 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:74).
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