nahalal Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
nahalal in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(pasture), one of the cities of Zebulun, given with its "suburbs" to the Merarite Levites. #Jos 21:35| It is the same which in #Jos 19:15| is inaccurately given in the Authorized Version as Nahallal, the Hebrew being in both cases identical. Elsewhere it is called NAHALOL. #Jud 1:30| It is identified with the modern Malul, a village in the plain of Esdraelon.
nahalal in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
NA'HALAL , NAHAL'LAL, and NA'HALOL (pasture), a town in Zebulun belonging to the Levites. Josh 19:15; Josh 21:35; Jud 1:30; one Hebrew manuscript in Josh 21:35 reads Mahalal. It has been identified with Malul and 'Ain Mahil, 4 miles northeast of Nazareth.
nahalal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Joshua 19:15; Joshua 21:35; Judges 1:30. A city of Zebulun, given to the Merarite Levites. Now Malul in the Esdraelon plain; four miles W. of Nazareth. Being in the plain Israel could not drive out of it the Canaanites with their chariots, which could act on the level ground.