Albert Barnes Commentary Joshua 19:13

Albert Barnes Commentary

Joshua 19:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Joshua 19:13

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;" — Joshua 19:13 (ASV)

Gittah (or Gath)-hepher, the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25), is probably the modern village of El-Meshhad, where the tomb of the prophet is still shown, a short way from Nazareth, on the road to Tiberias.

Remmon-methoar to Neah — Read and goeth out to Remmon, which reacheth to Neah. (See the margin.) Rimmon, a Levitical city (Joshua 21:35; 1 Chronicles 6:77), is probably the modern “Rummaneh,” in the plain of “El Buttauf,” about six miles north of Nazareth.