John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:18

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, (<120408>2 Kings 4:8); Jerom calls it Sonam, where was the Shunammite woman; but this city here seems to be what he calls Salem, in the tribe of Issachar; and he adds, that there was shown in his day a village by this name, five miles from Mount Tabor to the south f445: according to Bunting f446 , it was forty eight miles from Jerusalem to the north, not far from Nain.

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