And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Parallel translations
- WEB Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- BSB Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- ESV Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, 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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Quick answer
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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 1 Sam 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
- 2 Kgs 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- 2 Kgs 4:12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
- 2 Kgs 8:29And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kgs 9:30And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
- 1 Kgs 21:15–16And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
- 1 Kgs 2:17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
- 1 Kgs 21:1And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Kgs 1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
- 1 Kgs 2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- Hos 1:4–5And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 9:15But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
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