Joshua 19:15

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to their families,.... Which was allotted to it and divided, according to the number of its families:

these cities with their villages;…

Twelve cities - Only five have been mentioned, and the names in the verses preceding are apparently not names of Zebulonite cities, but merely of points in or near the boundary line. It would…

Shimron - See on Jos 12:20 (note).

Beth-lehem - The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.

This is the lot of Zebulun, who, though born of Leah after Issachar, yet was blessed by Jacob and Moses before him; and therefore it was so ordered that his lot was drawn before that of Issachar,…

and Kattath The account of the cities here appears to be imperfect. We have only the names of five cities given, though there are said to have been "twelve cities and their villages." There is nothing…