Albert Barnes Commentary Joshua 19:21

Albert Barnes Commentary

Joshua 19:21

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Joshua 19:21

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez," — Joshua 19:21 (ASV)

En-gannim - that is, “fountain of gardens;” also a Levitical city (Joshua 21:29), and called Ahem (1 Chronicles 6:73), the modern “Jenin,” a place on the main road from Jerusalem to Nazareth, just where it enters the plain of Jezreel. Many of the places enumerated in these verses are not known. Tabor (Joshua 19:22) is perhaps not the famous mountain, but the town on it of the same name (1 Chronicles 6:77), given up to the Levites. Beth-shemesh (perhaps “Bessum”) is not the same as Beth-shemesh of Judah (Joshua 15:10), nor of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38).