Luke 1:39
And Mary, arising, in these days, journeyed into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 entered into the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elizabeth.
Cross References
Joshua 10:40So Joshua smote all the land—the hill country, and the south, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings, he left not a survivor,—but, every breathing thing, devoted he to destruction, as Yahweh, God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 20:7So then they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
Luke 1:65And fear came upon all the neighbours themselves; and, throughout all the hill-country of Judaea, were all these matters being much talked of;
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 →