Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:13
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
13. to Gittah-hepher ] From Japhia the border ran still in an easterly direction, “toward the rising of the sun,” “to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and went out unto Remmon, which stretches to Neah.”
Gittah-hepher ] or Gath-hepher, was not far from Yfa, and has been identified with the modern el-Meshhad, about five miles from Nazareth on the north-east. It is celebrated as the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2Ki 14:25).
Ittah-kazin ] is unknown.
Remmon-methoar ] See the margin here, “ which is drawn;” it means that the border went out unto Remmon, which is “ marked off to,” or “ stretched out to ” Neah. Remmon or Rimmon is marked on Mr Grove’s map at Rummneh, about seven miles to the north of Nazareth. See Robinson’s Bib. Res. iii. 195. Neah has not yet been identified.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Gittah (or Gath)- hepher, the birthplace of the prophet Jonah 2Ki 14:25, is probably the modern village of El-Meshhad, where the tomb of the prophet is still shown, a short way from Nazareth, on the road to Tiberias.
Remmon-methoar to Neah – Read and goeth out to Remmon, which reacheth to Neah. (See the margin.) Rimmon, a Levitical city Jos 21:35; 1Ch 6:77 is probably the modern Rummaneh, in the plain of El Buttauf, about six miles north of Nazareth.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. Gittah-hepher] The same as Gath-hepher, the birth-place of the prophet Jonah.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher,…. Which was the native place of Jonah the prophet, 2Ki 14:25; and where Jerom says r his grave was shown, and was a small village in his time two miles from Sippore, then called Diocaesarea,
to Ittahkazin; of this place we have no account elsewhere, but it was not far from the former:
and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; where the eastern border ended. Some versions make Remmonmethoar distinct places; but where either of them were exactly is not known: some, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, render the word “Methoar which goes about”; that is, the border went about from Remmon to Neah, which by Jerom is called Anna, and who observes s, that there is another village called Anna, ten miles from Neapolis, as you go to Aelia; and by whom also Methoar is reckoned a distinct place, and called Amathar.
r Praefat. in Jonam. s De loc. Heb. fol. 38. H.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) Remmon-methoar to Neah.Better, Remmon that stretcheth to Neah. Remmon is identified as Rummneh, due north of Gittah-hepher (sheet 6).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
13. Gittah-hepher was the birthplace of the prophet Jonah. 2Ki 14:25. Modern monastic tradition identifies it with el-Meshad, one of the many Moslem tombs of Jonah, about five miles northeast of Nazareth. Remmon, Robinson conjectures, is Rummanneh, seven miles north of Nazareth. Methoar is not a proper name, but a participle, which may be rendered as in the margin, which is drawn, or, with Gesenius, which stretches or extends, to Neah. The site of Neah is unknown.
[ 14. The border on the north side The northern border cannot be accurately traced, for Hannathon, the only city named, is unknown, and the identification of the valley of Jiphthah-el with the great Wady Abilin, as Robinson proposes, is hardly a settled thing. But regarding the identity as established, all we know of the northern border of Zebulun is, that it terminated on the west in the Wady Abilin. The western border is not given here at all, but is vaguely intimated in Jos 19:27, where a boundary of Asher is described.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jos 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
Ver. 13. To Gittahhepher. ] Jonah the prophet’s birthplace, 2Ki 14:25 and therefore the better thought of by God. Psa 87:6 See Trapp on “ Psa 87:6 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gittahhepher: Placed by Jerome two miles from Sephoris, or Diocesarea, towards Tiberias. 2Ki 14:25, Gath-hepher, methoar, or, which is drawn
Reciprocal: Jos 12:17 – Hepher 1Ch 6:77 – Rimmon