Josh. xi. 2. xii. 23.NOPHET, Josh. xvii. 11. and elsewhere, is taken for a Canton or a Province. Often it is joined to Dor as Nophet-dor, the Canton round the City Dor, upon the Mediterranean, to the South of Mount Carmel, and to the North of Cæsarea of Palestine. In the Place of Joshua, where the Vulgate reads1 Tertia pars urbis Nopheth, the Hebrew has only Tertia pars Nopheth, the third Part of the Canton called Nophet. This Canton was round about Dor, and two thirds of it was possessed by the Tribe of Zebulun, and one third by that of Manasseh.
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Josh. xvii. 11. שלשת הנפתThis Construction proves, that Nophet is not put for a City. The LXX. καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῆς Μαφελα (or Ναφελα) καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς. The Hebrew makes no Mention of its Villages. the ↩