Joshua 18:18

Christian Standard Bible ®

Then it went north to the slope opposite the Arabah and proceeded into the plains.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and it passed along to the side over against the `Aravah northward, and went down to the `Aravah;

King James Version
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

Lexham English Bible
It passes on to the slope opposite the Arabah to the north, and it goes down to the Arabah.

English Standard Version
and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah.

New Century Version
The border continued to the northern part of Beth Arabah and went down into the Jordan Valley.

New English Translation
It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah.

Amplified Bible
It continued to the north to the side opposite [Beth-] Arabah and went down to the Arabah.

New American Standard Bible
And it continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So it goeth along to the side ouer against the plaine Northward, and goeth downe into the plaine.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then it continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah.

Contemporary English Version
The border ran along the hillside north of Beth-Arabah, then down into the Jordan River valley.

Complete Jewish Bible
passed alongside the ‘Aravah, heading north; and went down to the ‘Aravah.

Darby Translation
and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

Easy-to-Read Version
It continued to the northern part of Beth Arabah. Then the border went down into the Jordan Valley.

George Lamsa Translation
And passed along towards the side which is opposite the plain northward, and went down to the plain;

Good News Translation
and passed north of the ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. It then went down into the valley,

Literal Translation
and passed on to the side opposite to the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and goeth a longe besyde ye playne felde which lyeth north warde, and commeth downe vnto ye playne felde,

American Standard Version
and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

Bible in Basic English
And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And then goeth along toward the side of the plaine northward, and goeth downe into the fieldes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.

King James Version (1611)
And passed along toward the side ouer against Arabah Northward, and went downe vnto Arabah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Æthamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.

English Revised Version
and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah:

Berean Standard Bible
Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and passith to the litle hillis that ben ayens the stiyng of Adomyn; and it goith doun to Taben Boen, that is, the stoon of Boen, sone of Ruben, and passide bi the side of the north to the feeldi places; and it goith doun in to the pleyn,

Young's Literal Translation
and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah;

Update Bible Version
and it passed along to the side across from the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah;

Webster's Bible Translation
And passed along towards the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah:

World English Bible
and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah;

New King James Version
Then it passed along toward the north side of Arabah, Joshua 15:6 and Joshua 18:22)">[fn] and went down to Arabah.

New Living Translation
From there it passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the Jordan Valley. The border then went down into the valley,

New Life Bible
It went on to the north side of Beth-arabah, and down to the Arabah.

New Revised Standard
and passing on to the north of the slope of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and passeth along unto the side over against the Arabah, northward, - and goeth down toward the Arabah;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And It passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of Boen the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries; and goeth down Into the plain,

Revised Standard Version
and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah.

Contextual Overview

¹¹The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants. ¹²Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness around Beth-aven. ¹³From there the border went toward Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon. ¹⁴On the west side, from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south, the border curved, turning southward, and ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah. This was the west side of their border. ¹⁵The south side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border extended westward; it went to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶The border descended to the foot of the hill that faces Ben Hinnom Valley at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. It ran down Hinnom Valley toward the south Jebusite slope and downward to En-rogel. ¹⁷It curved northward and went to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ¹⁸Then it went north to the slope opposite the Arabah and proceeded into the plains. ¹⁹The border continued to the north slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern border. ²⁰The Jordan formed the border on the east side.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Arabah: or, the plain, Joshua 15:6, Joshua 15:61

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:22 - Betharabah 2 Kings 23:34 - Eliakim

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, bowed to the ground,

Genesis 18:3
and said, “My lord, if I have found favor with you, please do not go on past your servant.

Genesis 18:17
Then the Lord said, “Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham?

Genesis 18:18
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

Genesis 18:25
You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just?”

Genesis 18:26
The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 26:4
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,

Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever;as long as the sun shines,may his fame increase.May all nations be blessed by himand call him blessed.

Galatians 3:8
Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the gospel ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nationswill be blessed through you.

Galatians 3:14
The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward,.... The same with Betharabah, Joshua 15:6; and so it is called here in the Greek version:

and went down unto Arabah; the same as before, and included it, for it is mentioned among the cities of this tribe, Joshua 18:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.