Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
- BSB Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched 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 confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
- 1 Kgs 18:20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
- 1 Kgs 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
- Song 7:5Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.
- Isa 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.
- Jer 46:18“As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
- Isa 37:24By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
- Josh 21:30Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
- 1 Chr 6:74and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
- 1 Sam 15:12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
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