Teks -- Joshua 17:7 (NET)

17:7 The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: Jos 17:7-11 - the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah

The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.

TSK: Jos 17:7 - Asher // Michmethah // Shechem

Asher : Eusebius says this was a town in his time not far from Neapolis, towards Scythopolis or Bethshan; between which towns it is also placed by the old Jerusalem Itinerary.

Michmethah : Situated, probably, east of Shechem, though its precise situation, as well as that of many others, cannot, at this distance of time, be ascertained. Many of these towns were small, and we may rationally conclude, slightly built; and consequently have perished more than two thousand years ago. It would therefore be useless now to look for such places; though in many instances, their ancient names have been preserved, and their sites identified. Several towns even in England, mentioned by Cesar and other ancient writers, are no longer discernible; several have changed their names, and not a few their situation. Jos 16:6-8

Shechem : Jos 20:7, Jos 21:21, Jos 24:1, Jos 24:32; Gen 34:2, Gen 37:12, Gen 37:14; Jdg 9:1; 1Ki 12:1, 1Ki 12:25; 1Ch 6:67

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Haydock: Jos 17:7 - Aser

Aser was contiguous to Machmethath, 15 miles from Sichem, towards Scythopolis. (St. Jerome) (Calmet) ---

The limits of Manasses are described from the south, where he joins Ephraim, chap. xvi. 6. (Calmet)

Gill: Jos 17:7 - And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher // to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem // and the border went along on the right hand, unto the inhabitants of Entappuah

And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,.... Not from the border of the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi, in which he is followed by Vatablus; for that was at too great a distance; but a city of the tribe of Manasseh; and in Jerom's ^l time a village of this name was shown fifteen miles from Neapolis or Shechem, as you go from thence to Scythopolis, near the public road:

to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; the same place mentioned in the description of the border of Ephraim; see Gill on Jos 16:6,

and the border went along on the right hand, unto the inhabitants of Entappuah; that is, leaving this place, and its inhabitants to the right, which was a place in the land of that name, next mentioned; and seems to be so called from a fountain in it, or near it, as well as from a multitude of apples growing there, and with which perhaps the country abounded, of which in Jos 17:8.