Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:15
Verse 15. Shimron] See on chap. xii. 20. Beth-lehem] The house of bread; a different place from that in which our Lord was born.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 15. And Kattath, and Nahallal , etc.] Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in ( Joshua 21:34,35 Judges 1:30); and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, ( Joshua 11:1 12:20); and Idalah is a place Bochart conjectures where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names; and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this: twelve cities with their villages ; more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-16 - In the division to each tribe of Israel, the prophetic blessings of Jacob were fulfilled. They chose for themselves, or it was divided to them by lot, in the manner and places that he foresaw. So sure a rul to go by is the word of prophecy: we see by it what to believe, and it proves beyond all dispute the things that are of God.
Original Hebrew
וקטת 7005 ונהלל 5096 ושׁמרון 8110 וידאלה 3030 ובית לחם 1035 ערים 5892 שׁתים 8147 עשׂרה 6240 וחצריהן׃ 2691
