Joshua 19:15

“And Kattath, and Nahallal, etc.] Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in (<062134>Joshua 21:34,35 <070130>Judges 1:30); and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, (<061101>Joshua 11:1 12:20); and Idalah is a place Bochart conjectures f443 where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names; and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this: twelve cities with their villages; more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.”

“Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely of points in or near the boundary line. It would therefore appear that seven names have disappeared from the text, and perhaps also the definition of the western frontier. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Beth - lehem - Not that where Christ was born, which was in Judah, but another. Twelve cities - There are more numbered here, but the rest either were not cities properly so called, or were not within this tribe, but only bordering upon it, and belonging to other tribes. Joshua 19:18”

“19:15 This Bethlehem was not the birthplace of David and Jesus in Judah. • More than twelve towns are named; some apparently did not belong to Zebulun but were on its borders.”

“Kattath: etc. Jos 21:34, Jos 21:35; Jdg 1:30. Nahalol Shimron: Jos 11:1, Jos 12:20 Bethlehem: Rut 1:19; Sa2 23:15; Ch2 11:6 Joshua 19:18”