Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
Parallel translations
- WEB Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- KJV And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
- NKJV And their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,
- NASB Their territory was to Jezreel and included Chesulloth, Shunem,
- NLT Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,
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Issachar's territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, and Shunem. The listing of its cities begins.
Overview
The catalog of Issachar's towns opens with Jezreel, a place of great significance in later biblical history, and Shunem, known from accounts in the books of Kings. These cities in the fertile valley made up the heart of Issachar's inheritance. The naming of such places anchors the tribe's portion in real terrain that would feature in God's ongoing dealings with Israel.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Sam 28:4The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Kgs 4:8One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
- 2 Kgs 4:12And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
- 2 Kgs 8:29So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
- 2 Kgs 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- 1 Kgs 21:15–16When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
- 1 Kgs 2:17Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
- 1 Kgs 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Kgs 1:3Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
- 1 Kgs 2:21So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”
- Hos 1:4–5Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 9:15but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
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