Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
Parallel translations
- WEB Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.
- KJV And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
- ESV Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west it touches Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
- NKJV Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel westward, along the Brook Shihor Libnath.
- NASB Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west and Shihor-libnath.
- NLT Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
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Asher's territory extends to Carmel by the sea and to Shihor Libnath. The boundary reaches the Mediterranean coast, a rich and strategic region.
Overview
The mention of Carmel westward locates Asher along the prosperous Mediterranean seaboard, fulfilling Jacob's blessing that Asher's food would be rich (Genesis 49:20). Yet Asher would later struggle to drive out the coastal inhabitants (Judges 1:31-32), a reminder that possessing a promise still requires obedient faith. God grants the land; His people are called to take hold of it.
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- Isa 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- 1 Kgs 18:20So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
- 1 Kgs 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- Song 7:5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
- Isa 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- Jer 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Isa 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
- Josh 21:30From the tribe of Asher they were given Mishal, Abdon,
- 1 Chr 6:74From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,
- 1 Sam 15:12Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
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