Luke 1:39
Soon after this Mary set out, and made her way quickly into the hill-country, to a town in Judah;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
In Context
40and there she went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40Thus Joshua captured the whole country, the highlands, the Negeb, the lowlands, and the slopes, with all their kings. He left no one alive, but massacred every living creature, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 20:7So they consecrated Kedesh in Galilee, in the highlands of Naphtali, Shechem in the highlands of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the highlands of Judah.
Luke 1:65All their neighbors were awe-struck at this, and throughout the hill-country of Judea the whole story was much talked about.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:27-39
The Birth of Christ Foretold. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said… Read the whole commentary →