Included also were Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.
Parallel translations
- WEB Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- KJV And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- BSB It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- NKJV Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- NLT The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
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Quick answer
The territory included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem, twelve cities with their villages. The tribe's towns are listed.
Overview
This names the cities of Zebulun, including a northern Bethlehem distinct from the famous Judean town, with a total of twelve. The enumeration documents the tribe's inheritance in concrete detail. The careful listing affirms that God granted Zebulun a real and bounded portion of towns and villages, fulfilling His faithful promise to His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Josh 11:1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
- Josh 12:20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Josh 21:34–35To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,
- 2 Chr 11:6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Judg 1:30Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.
- 2 Sam 23:15David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
- Ruth 1:19So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
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