ISSACHAR, one of the divisions of Palestine by tribes; lying to the south of Zabulon, so as by a narrow strip to reach the Jordan, between Zabulon and Manasseh, (Josh. xix.). But whether it reached to the sea, is a question; some holding that it did: an assertion not easy to be proved, as Joshua makes no mention of the sea in this tribe, nor does Josephus extend it farther than to Mount Carmel; and in Josh. xvii. 10. Aher is said to touch Manasseh on the north, which could not be if Issachar extended to the sea.