Joshua 17:11

17:11 Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo,¹ the three of Napheth,² and the towns surrounding all these cities.³

Joshua 18:28

18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city⁴ (that is, Jerusalem),⁵ Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns.⁶ This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin⁷ by its clans.

Joshua 19:8

19:8 as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.⁸

¹map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

²tn Or “the third [is] Napheth”; or “Napheth-dor.” The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain.

³tn Heb “Beth Shean and its surrounding towns, Ibleam and its surrounding towns, the residents of Dor and its surrounding towns, the residents of En Dor and its surrounding towns, the residents of Taanach and its surrounding towns, the residents of Megiddo and its surrounding towns, three of Nepheth.”

⁴tn The word “city” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶tn The structure of this list presents problems. In v. 28 no conjunction appears before “Haeleph” or “Kiriath” in the Hebrew text. This suggests they should be compounded with the preceding names, yielding “Zelah Haeleph” and “Gibeah Kiriath” respectively. This results in a list of only twelve cities, however, while the summary statement (v. 28) gives the number fourteen. One should note, however, that the city lists in chap. 15 do not consistently use the conjunction before the name of each city. See also Josh 19:7, where no conjunction appears before “Rimmon,” but the summary assumes that Ain and Rimmon are distinct.

⁷tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin.”

⁸tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”