"To whom were the cities of Eshtaol and Zoreah given?" (Alleged Contradiction #E6133)
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. … And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah …
Joshua 15:20
And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
Joshua 19:40-41
Response
The cities belonged to Judah. The Bible says that “the coast of their [Dan’s] inheritance” was Zorah and Eshtaol, which means that Dan’s inheritance bordered these cities. 1
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Notes
- http://www.lookinguntojesus.net/ata20060226.htm, accessed 11 July 2014 ↩