Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs; 73and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs; 75and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim with her suburbs. 77Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79and Kedemoth with her suburbs,
72. Kedesh] Read Kishion with Josh. xxi. 28 (so ibid. xix. 20).
Daberath] the modern Dabūriyeh at the foot of Mount Tabor.]
73. Ramoth] Jarmuth, Josh. xxi. 29; or perhaps Remeth, Josh. xix. 21.
Anem] Read En-gannim with Josh. xxi. 29. Probably the modern large village of Jenîn on the edge of the plain of Esdraelon.]
74. Mashal] Mishal, Josh. xxi. 30 (cp. Josh. xix. 26, R.V.).]
75. Hukok] Read Helkath with Josh. xxi. 31 (cp. Josh. xix. 25).]
76. Kedesh in Galilee] called Kedesh-naphtali in Judg. iv. 6; it is the modern Kedes, situated on a lofty plateau overlooking the waters of Ḥūleh (Merom). It was a city of refuge, Josh. xxi. 32.
Hammon . . . Kiriathaim] In Josh. xxi. 32, Hammoth-dor . . . Kartan.]
77—81 (= Josh. xxi. 34—39). The [twelve] cities of the
sons of Merari.
77. Rimmono . . . Tabor] Read Rimmon or Rimmonah. Against these two names there are four in Josh. xxi. 34, 35; Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah and Nahalal. As regards the number of the cities the text of Joshua is certainly right. See Critical Note on vv. 54—81.
Tabor] No city, but only a mountain named Tabor is known to us, as having certainly existed in Old Testament times. A city however named Tabor existed on the mountain as early as 218 B.C., and it may have been as old as the times of the Chronicler. Mount Tabor was in Issachar near the border of Zebulun. For Nahalal, the reading in Joshua, cp. Josh. xix. 15; Judg. i. 30. Cp. Bädeker, Pal.5, p. 250.
78. at Jericho] The crossing-place of the Jordan nearest to Reuben was at Jericho. For the phrase Jordan at Jericho cp. Josh. xvi. 1.
in the wilderness] further defined by the addition in the table-land (Deut. iv. 43, R.V. mg.). Bezer was among the high pasture lands of Reuben. It was a city of refuge.
Jahzah] also called Jahaz. Cp. Judg. xi. 20; Is. xv. 4.
