Joshua 19:13

“And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, etc.] Which was the native place of Jonah the prophet, (<121425>2 Kings 14:25); and where Jerom says f441 his grave was shown, and was a small village in his time two miles from Sippore, then called Diocaesarea, to Ittahkazin; of this place we have no account elsewhere, but it was not far from the former: and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; where the eastern border ended. Some versions make Remmonmethoar distinct places; but where either of them were exactly is not known: some, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, render the word “Methoar which goes about”; that is, the border went about from Remmon to Neah, which by Jerom is…”

“Gittah (or Gath)- hepher, the birthplace of the prophet Jonah 2 Kings 14:25, is probably the modern village of El-Meshhad, where the tomb of the prophet is still shown, a short way from Nazareth, on the road to Tiberias. Remmon-methoar to Neah - Read “and goeth out to Remmon, which reacheth to Neah.” (See the margin.) Rimmon, a Levitical city Joshua 21:35; 1 Chronicles 6:77 is probably the modern “Rummaneh,” in the plain of “El Buttauf,” about six miles north of Nazareth. return to 'Top of Page'”

“19:13 Gath-hepher was the hometown of the prophet Jonah (2 Kgs 14:25).”

“Gittahhepher: Placed by Jerome two miles from Sephoris, or Diocesarea, towards Tiberias. Kg2 14:25, Gath-hepher, methoar, or, which is drawn Joshua 19:15”