John Gill Commentary Joshua 19:18

"And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem," — Joshua 19:18 (ASV)

And their border was towards Jezreel
Which was a royal seat in the time of Ahab, (1 Kings 21:1); and according to Jerom was near to Maximianopolis; (See Gill on Hosea 1:5); and the same writer ^F21 says in his day a large village of this name was shown in the great plain between Scythopolis and Legion (he means the plain of Jezreel), and it was the border of Issachar:

and Chesulloth
was different from the Chislothtabor, (Joshua 19:12); that, as Masius observes, was to the north, this to the south of Mount Tabor;

and Shunem
is a place well known for being the dwelling place of a certain woman in the times of Elisha, whose son the prophet raised from the dead, (2 Kings 4:8); Jerom calls it Sonam, where was the Shunammite woman; but this city here seems to be what he calls Salem, in the tribe of Issachar; and he adds, that there was shown in his day a village by this name, five miles from Mount Tabor to the south ^F23 : according to Bunting ^F24 , it was forty eight miles from Jerusalem to the north, not far from Nain.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F21: De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I.
• F23: De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K. L.
• F24: Travels, p. 143.