Joshua 16:2

And they will go out to Bethel, and will proceed to the borders of Ataroth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

In Context

1And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Bethel Luz.

3And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Japhletites, as far as the borders of Beth-horon the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.

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Cross References

Joshua 18:13And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Bethel: and the borders shall go down to Ataroth-addar, to the hill country, which is southward of Beth-horon the lower.

Judges 1:23And they encamped and surveyed Bethel: and the name of the city before was Luz.

2 Samuel 15:37So Hushai the friend of David went into the city, and Absalom was lately gone into Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the chief friend of the king.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:2-5

The Lot of Joseph. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their… Read the whole commentary →

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