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href="/bsb/joshua/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Their territory included: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And their territory went to Jezreel, and <i>included</i> Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their territory was to Jezreel and <i>included</i> Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Their territory was to Jezreel and included Chesulloth and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And their territory was to Jezreel and <i>included</i> Chesulloth and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And their territory <i>included</i> Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Their territory included: Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Its area included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The territorial allotment included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their assigned land included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And their border was towards Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and their border is [at] Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and their border is at Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And their bound will be Jezreel and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And his inheritance was: Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Its territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And their border included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And their border was Yizrael and Kesluth and Shuim<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And their borders were Jazel, and Chasaloth, and Sunam,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/19-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=4917" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/19.htm">Issachar's Inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17</span>The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar: <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇū·lām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">Their territory</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">included</a> <a href="/hebrew/3157.htm" title="3157: yiz·rə·‘e·lāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites.">Jezreel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3694.htm" title="3694: wə·hak·kə·sū·lōṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in Issachar. Feminine plural of passive participle of kacal; fattened; Kesulloth, a place in Palestine.">Chesulloth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7766.htm" title="7766: wə·šū·nêm (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Issachar. Probably from the same as Shuwniy; quietly; Shunem, a place in Pal.">Shunem,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-32.htm">Joshua 21:32</a></span><br />And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-74.htm">1 Chronicles 6:74</a></span><br />From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-11.htm">1 Kings 4:11</a></span><br />Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/4-6.htm">Judges 4:6</a></span><br />She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/5-15.htm">Judges 5:15</a></span><br />The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29</a></span><br />In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a></span><br />Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm">Matthew 4:13-15</a></span><br />Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, / to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: / “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-44.htm">John 1:44-46</a></span><br />Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter. / Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” / “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-16.htm">Mark 1:16-18</a></span><br />As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. / “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” / And at once they left their nets and followed Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-31.htm">Luke 4:31-32</a></span><br />Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people. / They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-31.htm">Acts 9:31</a></span><br />Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a></span><br />Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-3.htm">Acts 15:3</a></span><br />Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-19.htm">Romans 15:19</a></span><br />by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,</p><p class="hdg">Jezreel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">1 Kings 21:1,15,16</a></b></br> And it came to pass after these things, <i>that</i> Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which <i>was</i> in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-29.htm">2 Kings 8:29</a></b></br> And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-15.htm">2 Kings 9:15,30</a></b></br> But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, <i>then</i> let none go forth <i>nor</i> escape out of the city to go to tell <i>it</i> in Jezreel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-12.htm">Joshua 19:12</a></b></br> And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,</p><p class="hdg">Shunem</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">1 Samuel 28:4</a></b></br> And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/1-3.htm">1 Kings 1:3</a></b></br> So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-17.htm">1 Kings 2:17,21</a></b></br> And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/19-14.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/19-15.htm">Included</a> <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/joshua/15-56.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/joshua/19-11.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">Shunem</a> <a href="/joshua/19-12.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/joshua/19-12.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/19-22.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/19-25.htm">Included</a> <a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-43.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/joshua/19-25.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">Shunem</a> <a href="/joshua/19-25.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/joshua/19-27.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-1.htm">The lot of Simeon</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-10.htm">of Zebulun</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-17.htm">of Issachar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-24.htm">of Asher</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-32.htm">of Naphtali</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-40.htm">of Dan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/19-49.htm">The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Their territory included Jezreel</b><br>Jezreel is a significant location in biblical history, often associated with the Jezreel Valley, a fertile and strategic area in northern Israel. This valley served as a major route for trade and military campaigns. Historically, Jezreel was the site of King Ahab's palace and Naboth's vineyard, which Ahab coveted (1 Kings 21). The name "Jezreel" means "God sows," reflecting the area's agricultural richness. Theologically, Jezreel symbolizes both judgment and restoration, as seen in the prophetic book of Hosea (<a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4-5, 2</a>:22).<p><b>Chesulloth</b><br>Chesulloth is less prominent in biblical narratives, but it is identified as a town within the tribal allotment of Issachar. Its name means "loins" or "flanks," possibly indicating its geographical position on the slopes of a hill. The location is thought to be near Mount Tabor, a site of significant biblical events, including the battle led by Deborah and Barak against Sisera (Judges 4). The proximity to such events highlights the strategic importance of the region.<p><b>Shunem</b><br>Shunem is notable for its mention in several biblical accounts. It was the home of the Shunammite woman who showed hospitality to the prophet Elisha, leading to the miraculous birth of her son and his later resurrection (<a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-37</a>). Shunem is also the site where the Philistines camped before the battle of Gilboa, where King Saul and his sons died (<a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">1 Samuel 28:4</a>). The town's location in the Jezreel Valley made it a key site for military and prophetic activity. Shunem's connection to Elisha's miracles can be seen as a type of Christ, foreshadowing Jesus' own miracles of raising the dead and emphasizing themes of faith and divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezreel.htm">Jezreel</a></b><br>A significant city in the territory of Issachar, known for its fertile valley. It later becomes a site of important biblical events, including the account of Naboth's vineyard and the downfall of King Ahab's house.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/chesulloth.htm">Chesulloth</a></b><br>A lesser-known location within Issachar's inheritance. Its exact historical significance is not well-documented, but it is part of the land apportioned to the tribe.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shunem.htm">Shunem</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Issachar, notable for its mention in the account of Elisha and the Shunammite woman, who showed great hospitality to the prophet.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_provision.htm">Understanding God's Provision</a></b><br>The allocation of land to the tribe of Issachar reflects God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the Israelites. Believers can trust in God's provision for their needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_place_in_god's_plan.htm">Significance of Place in God's Plan</a></b><br>Each location mentioned has a role in God's overarching account. This reminds us that God uses specific places and circumstances in our lives for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hospitality_and_service.htm">Hospitality and Service</a></b><br>The account of the Shunammite woman in Shunem exemplifies the importance of hospitality and service to others, especially those who serve God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>The events that later occur in these locations show how our actions can have lasting impacts. We should strive to leave a positive legacy that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_the_shulammite_in_the_bible.htm">Who was the Shulammite woman in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/issachar's_tribe's_role_in_israel.htm">What role did Issachar's tribe play in Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/dan's_inheritance_accurate_despite_migration.htm">Joshua 19:40-48: How can Dan's inheritance be accurate if the tribe later migrated elsewhere (Judges 18)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_gathering_at_shiloh.htm">Joshua 18:1 - Is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming that 'all the congregation of the children of Israel' actually gathered at Shiloh?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "ital">Zerin </span>(sheet 8), <span class= "ital">Iksal </span>(sheet 6), <span class= "ital">S-lem </span>(sheet 9).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Jezreel</span>. The valley (<span class="hebrew">עֵמֶק</span>) of Jezreel, known in later Greek as the plain of Esdrsela or Esdraclon (Judith 1:8 Judith 7:2; 2 Macc. 12:49) was "the perennial battlefield of Palestine from that time to the present" (Cooper, 'Egyptian Obelisks,' p. 33). Lieut. Conder ('Quart. Paper, Pal. Expl. Fund,' Jan., 1873), however, takes exception to this statement. "The great battles of Joshua," he says, "were fought far to the south." We presume he would make an exception on behalf of the action by the waters of Merom, and that he does not wish us to forget that the majority of Joshua's other "battles" were sieges. "David's wars were fought with the Philistines," he continues, "while the invasions of the Syrians were directed to the neighbourhood of Samaria." But here, again, he would seem to have forgotten <a href="/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1</a>, <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">1 Kings 20:26</a>, <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">2 Kings 13:17</a>, 25, while he expressly admits that the great battles of Gilboa and Megiddo, in which Saul and Josiah were defeated and met their deaths, were fought here. And we have already seen that twice did the Egyptians invade Syria by this plain. One of these invasions took place while Moses was in Egypt, under Thothmes III. The other was the famous expedition of Rameses II. against Syria, about the time of Deborah and Barak. If we add to these the victory of Gideon over the Midianites and the overthrow of Sisera, we shall have reason to think that the epithet "the battlefield of Palestine" applied to this plain is not altogether misplaced, especially if, with a large number of critics, we regard the Book of Judith as founded on fact, but relating to events of some other time than that of Nebuchadnezzar. "Well may it be fertile," exclaims Mr. Bartlett ('From Egypt to Palestine,' p. 478), "for it has drunk the blood of the Midianite, the Philistine, the Jew, the Roman, the Babylonian, the Egyptian, the Frenchman, the Englishman, the Saracen, and the Turk. It is a singular group to summon up to the imagination, Gideon, Saul, and Jonathan, Deborah, Barak, and Sisera, Ahab, Jezebel, Jehu, Josiah, Omri, and Azariah, Holofernes and Judith, Vespasian and Josephus, Saladin and the Knights Templar, Bonaparte and Kleber." The list is a striking one. But certain it is that the plains of Jezreel have been noted as the highway of every conqueror who wished to make the fertile fields of Palestine his own. The Israelitish invasion alone seems to have been decided elsewhere than on that plain, stretching as it does from the foot of Carmel in a southeasterly direction, and divided in the direction of Jordan by Mount Gilboa and Little Hermon into three distinct branches, in the midst of the southernmost and most extensive of which stands the famous city of Jezreel - God's acre, or sowing ground, as the name indicates. Here Barak and Deborah fell upon the hosts of Jabin (<a href="/judges/4-14.htm">Judges 4:14</a>), descending suddenly from the heights of Tabor with 10,000 men upon the vast and evidently undisciplined host that lay in the plain. Here Gideon encountered the vast host of the Midianites (<a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a>), who, after laying waste the south country, finally encamped in this fertile plain (accurately called <span class="hebrew">עֵמֶק</span>in <a href="/judges/6-38.htm">Judges 6:38</a>), and with their leaders Oreb and Zeeb, and their princes Zebah and Zalmunna, were swept away in one of those sudden and irrational panics so often fatal to Eastern armies. Here Saul, hard by Jezreel, dispirited by his visit to the witch of Endor, on the north of Gilboa, gathered his men together as a forlorn hope, to await the attack of the Philistines, their numbers at first swelled by a number of Israelites whom Saul's tyranny and oppression had driven into exile (<a href="/1_samuel/29.htm">1 Samuel 29</a>). Advancing to Jezreel, the Philistine host carried all before them, and drove the Israelites in headlong flight up the steeps of Gilboa, where Saul and his sons fell fighting bravely to the last (<a href="/1_samuel/30.htm">1 Samuel 30</a>.). In the later and sadder days of the Israelitish monarchy, when the ten tribes had been carried into captivity by the Assyrian conqueror, Josiah courted disaster by a rash onslaught upon the Egyptian troops as they marched against Assyria. No details of this fight at Megiddo are preserved, save the fatal fire of the Egyptian archers, who marked Josiah as their victim, and drove, no doubt, his leaderless troops from the field (<a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/35-22.htm">2 Chronicles 35:22</a>). At Jezreel, too, Ahab made his capital. Hither Elijah, when "the hand of the Lord was upon him" (<a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">1 Kings 18:46</a>), ran after the wondrous scene on Mount Carmel, when he alone, in a strength not his own, withstood the "prophets of Baal, even four hundred and fifty men." Here Jehoram stood on the hill, with its commanding view, watching with an uneasy distrust the furious rush of Jehu with his troop from the other side Jordan, and here, in the plat of Naboth the Jezreelite, so fatal to Ahab and his house, did the vengeance decreed overtake the unhappy monarch (<a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">2 Kings 9:25</a>), The spot may be still identified. It is the modern Zerin. Ritter describes it (and so does Robinson) as standing on the edge of a precipice 100 feet high, and commanding a fine view of the plain of Beth-shean on the east, and of Esdraelon on the west. There is a tower here which commands the same view as the watchmen of Jehoram commanded, bearing witness to the accuracy of the historian. So in <a href="/1_kings/4-12.htm">1 Kings 4:12</a>, the mention of Taanach, Megiddo, and the region of Beth-shean, as <span class="accented">beneath</span> (<span class="hebrew">מִַץחַתלְ</span>). Jezreel is another instance of topographical detail which marks the correctness of the record. Another point is that we read in the narrative above mentioned of "chariots." Wilson ('Lands of the Bible,' 2:303) was surprised, on leaving the rugged heights of the hill country, to find how easily, if the civilisation of Palestine permitted, excellent roads might be made throughout this region; and Canon Tristram ('Land of Israel,' p. 421) has remarked on the desolate appearance now presented by that fertile region, the result of the insecurity for life and property which is so commonly remarked by all who have travelled in the East. Here, where under a better rule would be the abode of peace and plenty, no cultivator of the land dare venture to pass the night, exposed to the depredations of the wild tribes that infest the country. Only a mountain fastness, hard to climb and comparatively easy to defend, affords a secure retreat for those who would live peaceably in that once favoured land. Shunem. Now Sulem: the place of the encampment of the Philistines before they "pitched in Aphek" (<a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm">1 Samuel 28:4</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/29-1.htm">1 Samuel 29:1</a>). It was "five Roman miles south of Mount Tabor" (Vandevelde) and an hour and a half (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> about six miles) north of Jezreel (Keil and Delitzsch). Here Abishag the Shunammite lived (<a href="/1_kings/1-3.htm">1 Kings 1:3</a>; <a href="/1_kings/2-17.htm">1 Kings 2:17, 21</a>), and here Elisha lodged, and afterwards restored the son of his entertainers to life (<a href="/2_kings/4.htm">2 Kings 4, 8</a>.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/19-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their territory</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּבוּלָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḇū·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">included</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jezreel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·rə·‘e·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3157.htm">Strong's 3157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Chesulloth,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַכְּסוּלֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hak·kə·sū·lōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3694.htm">Strong's 3694: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chesulloth -- a place in Issachar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Shunem,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשׁוּנֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šū·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7766.htm">Strong's 7766: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shunem -- a city in Issachar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/19-18.htm">Joshua 19:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/19-18.htm">OT History: Joshua 19:18 Their border was to Jezreel Chesulloth Shunem (Josh. 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