Joshua 15:7

And the borders continue on to + 15:7 So the Greek. There seems to be a reading of the word דברה as if part of רבע.the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:

In Context

6the borders go up to Bæthaglaam, and they go along from the north to Bætharaba, and the borders go on up to the stone of Bæon the son of Ruben.

8And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward.

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Cross References

Joshua 4:19And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.

Joshua 7:24And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to + 7:24 Heb. עמק עכור valley of trouble.Emec Achor.

Joshua 10:38And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;

Joshua 15:15And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was + 15:15 Heb. Kirjath-sepher.the city of Letters.

1 Kings 1:9And Adonias sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the + 1:9 So the Alex. The Vat. renders אבן as if it were אחי or אחה.stone of Zoelethi, which was near + 1:9 Heb. and Alex. the fountain of Rogel.Rogel: and he called all his brethren, and all the adult men of Juda, servants of the king.

Hosea 2:5that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:2-13

The Lot of Judah. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass… Read the whole commentary →

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