Joshua 15:9

and the boundary turneth round, from the top of the mountain, unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and goeth out unto the cities of Mount Ephron,—then the boundary turneth round to Baalah, the same, is Kiriath-jearim;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:

In Context

8then ascendeth the boundary by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite, on the south, the same, is Jerusalem,—and the boundary goeth up unto the top of the mountain which faceth the valley of Hinnom, to the west, which is at the end of the Vale of Giants, northwards;

10then the boundary goeth round from Baalah westward, unto Mount Seir, and passeth over unto the slope of Mount Yearim, on the north, the same, is Chesalon,—and descendeth Bethshemesh, and passeth over Timnah;

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Cross References

Joshua 15:29Baalah and Iyyim, and Ezem,

Joshua 18:15And, the border southward, is from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim,—and the boundary goeth out westward, yea it goeth out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

1 Samuel 6:21And they sent messengers unto the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying,—The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh, come down, fetch it up unto you.

1 Chronicles 13:6And David went up and all Israel to Baalah, unto Kiriath-jearim, which pertaineth to Judah,—to bring up from thence, the ark of God—Yahweh who inhabiteth the cherubim, on which is called the Name.

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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