JOSHUA, XIX.
[vv. 33, 34-
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the 34 outgoings thereof were at Jordan : and then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to 33
the fifth son of the patriarch Jacob, which, during the march through the wilderness, occupied a position north of the Tabernacle, side by side with Dan and Asher (Num. ii. 25-31), and at the census taken at Mount Sinai numbered upwards of 53400 fighting men (Num. i. 43, ii. 30). 33. And tluir coast] The territory appropriated to the tribe was bounded (a) on the west by Asher, (b) on the soutk by Zebulun and Issa.char, (c) on the east by the Sea of Gennesaret and the Jordan, while (d) on the nortk it reached far up into Crele-Syria, "the splendid valley which separates the two ranges of Lebanon." from Helepk] Apparently the west border towards Asher is first described, with the north and east boundary. The southern border is defined in v. 34. Helepk is unknown. Allon to Zaanannim]=the oak, or tereblnth, by Zaa.nanntm. It is the same place, on the N. W. of Lake Merom, as that mentioned in Judg. iv. II, where Sisera was slain by Jae!, "the wife of Heber the Kenite," and derived its name Zaanannim or Zaanaim, tke un. loading of Tents, from the strange sight of the encampment of nomads in tents amidst the regular cities and villages of the mountains." "Even to the present day the Bedouins more or less friendly disposed wander about in the north of Palestine, in the plain of Jezreel, on Gilboa, and on Tabor." See Lange's Commentary. "The reconnaissance survey along the watershed from Hfinin led across a succession of mountain peaks, forming the great western vale of the Jordan. The highlands-we are in the tribe of Naphtali-form a series of valleys with which the country is intersected, the ridges between them being described as somewhat of the character of open glades, gently sloping towards the sea. The hills are well wooded, though the oaks are being thinned out to supply the Damascus market with charcoal. At the last peak the hill slopes to the southward, over· looking a little plain, one mile wide and two long, lying sheltered among the surrounding hills. This is the plain of Zaanaim." Our Work in Palestine, pp. 174, 175. Adami, Nekeb, J'abneel, Lakum, are all unknown. and the outgoings tkereo/] The boundary is traced from the south• west towards the north-east to the sources of the Jordan, above the Lake of Galilee. 84. and tken tke coast turnetk] From the Jordan on the east, the southern border of Naphtali turned westward to Aznoth·tabor, not identified, but probably a border town on the line which separated this tribe from Issachar, and "struck," or coincided with, Zebulµn on the south and Asher on the west. The site of Hukkok is un· known. ·