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Author: Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

_Azzah_] or _Ayyah_, has not yet been identified. Probably, like
Shechem, it serves to define the northern border between Ephraim and
Manasseh.

  ²⁹and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and
  her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and
  her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of
  Israel.

=29.= For Manasseh four important towns are enumerated: Beth-shean on
the east in the valley of the Jordan, Taanach and Megiddo in the plain
of Esdraelon or Megiddo, and Dor on the Mediterranean coast, south of
Mt Carmel.

_Beth-shean_] In 1 Samuel xxxi. 10, 12 spelt Beth-shan. It is the Greek
_Scythopolis_, the modern _Beisan_.

_Taanach_] See vi. 70, note on _Aner_.

_Megiddo_] Judges v. 19; 2 Kings xxiii. 29; Zechariah xii. 11.

_Dor_] modern _Tantura_. Compare Joshua xvii. 11.


                               =30‒40.=
                        THE GENEALOGY OF ASHER.

    ³⁰The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,
  and Serah their sister.

=30.= _The sons of Asher_] The names in verses 30, 31 are derived from
Genesis xlvi. 17 (compare Numbers xxvi. 44‒46). There is no variation
in the Hebrew spelling of the names, but _Ishvah_ is missing in Numbers
Either Ishvah or Ishvi must be regarded as an error of dittography.

_Beriah_] _Beriah_ is mentioned above, verse 23, as a clan of Ephraim,
and appears also as a family of Benjamin, viii. 13, 16.

  ³¹And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who was the
  father of Birzaith. ³²And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer¹, and
  Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach,
  and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

    ¹ In verse 34, _Shemer_.

=31.= _Heber, and Malchiel_] The antiquity of these two names seems
to be attested by the mention of “Habiri and Malchiel” in the Amarna
tablets (_circa_ 1400 B.C.).

_Birzaith_] probably the name of a place, “The well of the olive-tree.”

  ³⁴And the sons of Shemer¹; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
  ³⁵And the sons² of Helem his brother; Zophah, and Imna, and
  Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher,
  and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah; ³⁷Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
  and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸And the sons of Jether;
  Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. ³⁹And the sons of Ulla; Arah,
  and Hanniel, and Rizia.

    ¹ In verse 32, _Shomer_.

    ² Hebrew _son_.

=34, 35.= _Shemer ... Helem_] Read perhaps =Shomer ... Hotham=, to
agree with verse 32.

  ⁴⁰All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’
  houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes.
  And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war
  was twenty and six thousand men.

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History

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

_Azzah_] or _Ayyah_, has not yet been identified. Probably, like
Shechem, it serves to define the northern border between Ephraim and
Manasseh.

  ²⁹and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and
  her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and
  her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of
  Israel.

=29.= For Manasseh four important towns are enumerated: Beth-shean on
the east in the valley of the Jordan, Taanach and Megiddo in the plain
of Esdraelon or Megiddo, and Dor on the Mediterranean coast, south of
Mt Carmel.

_Beth-shean_] In 1 Samuel xxxi. 10, 12 spelt Beth-shan. It is the Greek
_Scythopolis_, the modern _Beisan_.

_Taanach_] See vi. 70, note on _Aner_.

_Megiddo_] Judges v. 19; 2 Kings xxiii. 29; Zechariah xii. 11.

_Dor_] modern _Tantura_. Compare Joshua xvii. 11.


                               =30‒40.=
                        THE GENEALOGY OF ASHER.

    ³⁰The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,
  and Serah their sister.

=30.= _The sons of Asher_] The names in verses 30, 31 are derived from
Genesis xlvi. 17 (compare Numbers xxvi. 44‒46). There is no variation
in the Hebrew spelling of the names, but _Ishvah_ is missing in Numbers
Either Ishvah or Ishvi must be regarded as an error of dittography.

_Beriah_] _Beriah_ is mentioned above, verse 23, as a clan of Ephraim,
and appears also as a family of Benjamin, viii. 13, 16.

  ³¹And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who was the
  father of Birzaith. ³²And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer¹, and
  Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach,
  and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

    ¹ In verse 34, _Shemer_.

=31.= _Heber, and Malchiel_] The antiquity of these two names seems
to be attested by the mention of “Habiri and Malchiel” in the Amarna
tablets (_circa_ 1400 B.C.).

_Birzaith_] probably the name of a place, “The well of the olive-tree.”

  ³⁴And the sons of Shemer¹; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
  ³⁵And the sons² of Helem his brother; Zophah, and Imna, and
  Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher,
  and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah; ³⁷Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
  and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸And the sons of Jether;
  Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. ³⁹And the sons of Ulla; Arah,
  and Hanniel, and Rizia.

    ¹ In verse 32, _Shomer_.

    ² Hebrew _son_.

=34, 35.= _Shemer ... Helem_] Read perhaps =Shomer ... Hotham=, to
agree with verse 32.

  ⁴⁰All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’
  houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes.
  And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war
  was twenty and six thousand men.

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The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

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