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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:33
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And their coast was from Heleph, etc.] That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was: from Allon to Zaanannim; or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim f475; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, (<070411>Judges 4:11). and Adami, Nekeb; some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists f476 make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, (<060316>Joshua 3:16); as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; (see Gill on “<060316>Joshua 3:16”): and Jabneel; Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, (<061511>Joshua 15:11); and is called by the Jews f477 since Cepherjamah; unto Lakum; of which we nowhere else read: and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan; here the coast ended this way.
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