Joshua 18:19

and on to the north of the ridge of Beth-hoglah, ending at the northern bay of the Dead Sea at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern frontier.

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In The King James Version

And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

In Context

18and on to the ridge along the north of the Arabah right down to the Arabah

20The Jordan was the eastern frontier. Such was the inheritance of the Benjamites according to their clans, frontier by frontier.

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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.

Joshua 15:2The southern frontier ran from the foot of the Dead Sea, from the bay facing south.

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 →

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