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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:27
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And turneth towards the sunrising, etc.] Or eastward, to Bethdagon; there was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah, (see Gill on “<061541>Joshua 15:41”). Dagon, being a god of the Phoenicians, had temples built for him in various places in Canaan: and reacheth to Zebulun; not the tribe of Zebulun, but a city so called, the same Josephus f462 calls a strong city of Galilee, which had the name of Men, perhaps from the populousness of it, and separated Ptolemais from Judea; and to the valley of Jiphthahel; (see <061914>Joshua 19:14); toward the north side of Bethemek; of Bethemek no mention is made elsewhere: perhaps here was an idol temple before dedicated to the god of the valleys; (see <112028>1 Kings 20:28); and Neiel; which the Greek version calls Inael, of which Jerom says f463, it is a certain village called Betoaenea, fifteen miles from Caesarea, situated on a mountain to the east, on which are said to be wholesome baths: and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand; not the land of Cabul, (<110913>1 Kings 9:13); but a city, which Josephus f464 calls a village on the borders of Ptolemais. The Jews f465 speak of a city of this name, destroyed because of contentions in it.
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