And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
The book was largely written by Israel's leader Joshua, whose name means saviour as does Jesus in Greek, and who was one of the two of his generation who wholly followed the Lord during the forty years of temptation and wilderness. This verse records part of his greatest work, begun when he was about eighty years old, in leading the children of Israel through the Jordan and dividing the land as their inheritance. In that work he set them in a fair way to conquer all their foes and find the promised rest, with the Captain of Jehovah's hosts with him in all his work of victory.
The verse belongs to the account of assigning, dividing, and settling the Promised Land among Israel's tribes. That land-distribution section was based on written records describing property accurately. It records part of the boundary of the inheritance assigned and allotted to the tribe of Dan, naming Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh as its towns.
It is an example of a portion assigned as an inheritance, where a lot is the part or division allotted to someone, with its determination attributed to providence. It places Zorah within Dan's inheritance, and Zorah was Samson's early home near where the Philistines dwelt. Its proximity helped bring him into friendly contact with them that led to harmful associations darkening his life.
The book was largely written by Israel's leader Joshua, whose name means saviour as does Jesus in Greek, and who was one of the two of his generation who wholly followed the Lord during the forty years of temptation and wilderness. This verse records part of his greatest work, begun when he was about eighty years old, in leading the children of Israel through the Jordan and dividing the land as their inheritance. In that work he set them in a fair way to conquer all their foes and find the promised rest, with the Captain of Jehovah's hosts with him in all his work of victory.
The verse belongs to the account of assigning, dividing, and settling the Promised Land among Israel's tribes. That land-distribution section was based on written records describing property accurately. It records part of the boundary of the inheritance assigned and allotted to the tribe of Dan, naming Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh as its towns.
It is an example of a portion assigned as an inheritance, where a lot is the part or division allotted to someone, with its determination attributed to providence. It places Zorah within Dan's inheritance, and Zorah was Samson's early home near where the Philistines dwelt. Its proximity helped bring him into friendly contact with them that led to harmful associations darkening his life.