Luke 1:39
And having risen in these days, Mary went with haste into the hill country, into a city of Judah,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
In Context
40and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.
Joshua 20:7And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Luke 1:65And fear developed in all who dwell around them. And all these sayings were talked about in the entire hill country of Judea.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39
The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →