Encyclopedia of The Bible – Nahalal
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Nahalal

NAHALAL nā’ ə lăl (Heb. נַֽהֲלָל׃֙); KJV NAHALLAL in Joshua 19:15. NAHALOL in Judges 1:30. A city allotted to the tribe of Zebulun (Josh 19:15) and given to the Levites (21:35), but from which Zebulun was unable to expel the Canaanite inhabitants who dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor (Judg 1:30). The locality is uncertain. Simons (GTT, p. 182) favors Tell el-Beida, S of Nahalal; Albright (“Contributions to the Historical Geography of Palestine,” AASOR, 2-3 [1923], 26) suggests Tell en-Nahl, situated N of the Kishon River near the S end of the Plain of Acco, near the modern settlement of Nahalal (see J. Simons, Geographical and Topographical Texts of the Old Testament. Leiden [1959], Map Number II a).