And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And their limit was to Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem
And their border was towards Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;
Jezreel - This city, according to Calmet, was situated in an open country, having the town of Legion on the west, Bethshan on the east, on the south the mountains of Gilboa, and on the north those of Hermon.
Shunem - This city was rendered famous by being the occasional abode of the prophet Elisha, and the place where he restored the son of a pious woman to life. 2 Kings 4:8. It was the place where the Philistines were encamped on that ruinous day in which the Israelites were totally routed at Gilboa, and Saul and his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, killed. 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 31:1, etc.
Jezreel and its famous and fertile plain are the choicest part of the inheritance of Issachar Joshua 17:16.
Shunem - Here the Philistines pitched before the battle of Gilboa 1 Samuel 28:4. The place is also known as the home of Abishag 1 Kings 1:3, and in connection with Elisha 2 Kings 4:8; 2 Kings 8:1. It is identified with "Solam" (or, Sulem), a small and poor village on the slope of Little Hermon.
19:18 Jezreel - The royal city, 21:1 .This tribe, because it lay between Benjamin on the south, and Zebulun on the north, is not here described by its borders, which were the same with theirs; but by some of its cities.