Joshua 15:2

The southern frontier ran from the foot of the Dead Sea, from the bay facing south.

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In The King James Version

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

In Context

1The land allotted to the tribe of Judah, by clans, reached to the frontier of Edom, far south to the desert of Zin.

3It went south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, right along to Zin, then up to the south of Kadesh-barnea as far as Hezron, up to Adar, round to Karka,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:3All these joined forces together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).

Joshua 3:16the waters that flow down stopped and were dammed up at a distance, at Adam (a town beside Zarethan), while the waters that flow away to the sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea) were cut off and failed. In this way the people crossed, opposite Jericho.

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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