KJV ORIGINAL
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists the final cities given to the tribe of Naphtali as their inheritance in the Promised Land, totaling nineteen cities along with their surrounding villages.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the description of the territory allocated to the tribe of Naphtali during Joshua's distribution of the Promised Land among the twelve tribes of Israel. These cities were located in northern Israel, near the borders with Lebanon and Syria. The systematic division of the land fulfilled God's promise to Abraham that his descendants would inherit this territory.
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