The Twelve Cities of the Tribe of Zebuluns Inheritance

Joshua 19:10-16 catalogs the third tribal lot at Shiloh, which fell to Zebulun: "And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid... And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families." The Bethlehem of Joshua 19:15 is the Galilean Bethlehem — distinct from the famous Judean Bethlehem of David and Jesus. Zebulun's inheritance ran from the Sea of Galilee westward through lower Galilee.

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