19:22a

The border reached Tabor: 1 Chronicles 6:77 mentions a town of Tabor. It is listed as a town that belonged to the clan of Zebulun. It was probably near Mount Tabor, which is in the northeastern part of the plain of Jezreel. The verb reached indicates that the town of Tabor was beyond the northern boundary of Issachar’s land. The clan of Issachar’s land was southeast of Zebulun’s land.

Shahazumah: the location of the town of Shahazumah in not known.

and Beth-shemesh: This is not the same town as was mentioned in verse 15:10. The location of the town of Beth-shemesh in Issachar’s land is uncertain.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Their boundary line went up ⌊northward⌋ to the towns of Tabor and the towns of Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh
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The border of Issachar’s land was close to Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh

19:22b

and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The boundary line of Issachar’s land ended at the Jordan River. In all Issachar received sixteen towns and the villages that surrounded them
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The border went on to the east as far as the Jordan River. Issachar’s land included sixteen towns and the villages that were near them

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