And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
The lot of Issachar ran from Jordan in the east to the great sea in the west, Manasseh on the south, and Zebulun on the north. A numerous tribe, Num 26:25. Tola, one of the judges, was of this tribe, Jdg 10:1. So was Baasha, one of the kings of Israel, Kg1 15:27. The most considerable places in this tribe were, 1.
Commenting on Joshua 19:17-23
And Rabbith,.... The first of these Jerom calls (a) Rabboth in the tribe of Issachar: and Kishion, as Masius notes, seems to given name to the river Kishon near it; some take it to be the same with Kedesh, Ch1 6:72, and Abez, of which no mention is made elsewhere. (a) De loc. Heb. fol. 94. B.
OF ISSACHAR. (Jos 19:17-23) the fourth lot came out to Issachar--Instead of describing the boundaries of this tribe, the inspired historian gives a list of its principal cities. These cities are all in the eastern part of the plain of Esdraelon.
Commenting on Joshua 19:17-23