Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
25. Tanach ] See ch. Jos 12:21; Gath-rimmon, or Bileam (1Ch 6:70) = Ibleam, see above, ch. Jos 17:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
To wit, that half which dwelt in Canaan, by comparing this with Jos 21:27.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs,…. Of which see Jos 17:10;
and Gathrimmon with her suburbs, there was a city of this name in Dan, as in Jos 21:24; nor was it unusual for cities to be called by the same name in different tribes:
two cities; these are called Aner and Bilean in 1Ch 6:70; in process of time cities changed their names; two cities were a proper proportion for this half tribe; two more were given out of the other half tribe on the other side Jordan, as appears by what follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs. Two cities.’
This was the half tribe of Manasseh west of Jordan. For Taanach see Jos 12:21; Jos 17:11. Gath-rimmon means ‘the winepress of Rimmon’. Rimmon was a well known god and it is not unlikely that winepresses in Canaan and Transjordan should have been named after him. 1 Chronicles 7:70 names these cities as Aner and Bileam (= Ibleam – Jos 17:11) which may well be alternative later names.
(Some consider that Gath-rimmon has accidentally been picked up by a copyist from Jos 21:24 instead of Ibleam. But without further evidence this is purely hypothetical).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Aner and Bileam are mentioned in Chronicles, instead of Tanach and Gath-rimmon – 1Ch 6:70. Either the cities had at this time different names, or afterwards their names were changed; or the Levites, being by some means dispossessed of the cities first assigned them, received others from their brethren. A careful examination of the marginal references will discover other variations of this kind, which may be accounted for in the same manner.
Tanach: Jos 17:11, Jdg 5:19
Reciprocal: Jdg 1:27 – Taanach 1Ch 6:69 – Gathrimmon
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 21:25. Half the tribe Namely, that half which dwelt in Canaan.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
21:25 And out of the {i} half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
(i) Who dwelt in Canaan.