place · also Hukok
Helkath
חֶלְקָת֙
Helkath (or Hukok) was a city allocated to the Levites within the territory of the tribe of Asher (Josh 19:25; 21:31; 1Ch.6.75).
- verses
- 3
- first named
- Joshua 19:25
- last named
- Joshua 21:31
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 32.69°N · 35.11°E
Tel Qashish (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Helkath in the text
Helkath, also known as Hukok, was a city located within the territory allocated to the tribe of Asher (Josh 19:25). It was later designated as one of the cities given to the Levites, specifically to the descendants of Gershon (Josh 21:31; 1Ch.6.75). The Levites were not given a specific territory but were distributed among the other tribes to serve as priests and teachers. The allocation of cities like Helkath ensured that the Levites had places to live and carry out their duties. The exact location of Helkath is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the western part of Galilee, within the region assigned to Asher.
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The pattern
Where Helkath is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
3 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Joshua (2) and 1 Chronicles (1).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books.
Joshua2 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
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