Joshua 19:18

“And their border was towards Jezreel, etc.] Which was a royal seat in the time of Ahab, (<112101>1 Kings 21:1); and according to Jerom was near to Maximianopolis; (see Gill on “<280105>Hosea 1:5”); and the same writer f444 says in his day a large village of this name was shown in the great plain between Scythopolis and Legion (he means the plain of Jezreel), and it was the border of Issachar: and Chesulloth was different from the Chislothtabor, (<061912>Joshua 19:12); that, as Masius observes, was to the north, this to the south of Mount Tabor; and Shunem is a place well known for being the dwelling place of a certain woman in the times of Elisha, whose son the prophet raised from the dead,…”

“Jezreel and its famous and fertile plain are the choicest part of the inheritance of Issachar Joshua 17:16. Shunem - Here the Philistines pitched before the battle of Gilboa 1 Samuel 28:4. The place is also known as the home of Abishag 1 Kings 1:3, and in connection with Elisha 2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 8:1. It is identified with “Solam” (or, Sulem), a small and poor village on the slope of Little Hermon. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Jezreel - The royal city, Kg1 21:1. This tribe, because it lay between Benjamin on the south, and Zebulun on the north, is not here described by its borders, which were the same with theirs; but by some of its cities. Joshua 19:26”

“Jezreel: Kg1 21:1, Kg1 21:15, Kg1 21:16; Kg2 8:29, Kg2 9:15, Kg2 9:30; Hos 1:4, Hos 1:5 Chesulloth: Probably the same as Chisloth-tabor. Jos 19:12 Shunem: Sa1 28:4; Kg1 1:3, Kg1 2:17, Kg1 2:21; Kg2 4:8, Kg2 4:12 Joshua 19:19”