Joshua 18:19
And the boundary passed along to the side of Beth-choglah northward; and the terminations of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south boundary.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
18And passed along on this side opposite to 'Arabah northward; and went down unto 'Arabah;
Cross References
Genesis 14:3All these joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.
Numbers 34:3And the southern side shall be unto you from the wilderness of Zin along by the boundary of Edom, and your southern border shall commence at the outmost edge of the Salt Sea on its east side.
Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood still and rose up as a wall, very far from the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan; and those that ran down toward the sea of the plain, the salt sea, failed, were cut off; and the people passed over opposite to Jericho.
Joshua 15:2And their southern boundary was from the end of the salt sea, from the bay that bendeth southward:
Matthew Henry on Joshua 18:12-28
The Lot of Benjamin. ( b. c. 1444.) 11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of… Read the whole commentary →