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The Darby Translation

Joshua 16:2

And [the border] went from Bethel to Luz, and passed to the border of the Archites to Ataroth,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Archi;   Ataroth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beth-El;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ataroth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Archi;   Ataroth;   Ephraim, the Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Archite (the);   Ataroth;   Bethel;   Ephraim (1);   Hushai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archi;   Ataroth;   Bethel;   Hushai;   Luz;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arbite;   Archite;   Ataroth;   Hushai;   Israel;   Joshua;   Luz;   Manasseh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Archi ;   Ataroth ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Archi;   Bethel;   Luz;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ar'chi;   At'aroth;   E'phra-Im,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Archites;   Ataroth;   Bethel;   Ephraim (1);   Gaza;   Hushai;   Joshua, Book of;   Luz;   Palestine;   Taanath-Shiloh;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ataroth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Archite;   Ataroth;   Ephraim;   Luz;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.
Hebrew Names Version
and it went out from Beit-El to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Arki to `Atrot;
King James Version
And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Lexham English Bible
it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the Arkites at Ataroth.
English Standard Version
Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites.
New Century Version
Then it continued from Bethel (also called Luz) to the Arkite border at Ataroth.
New English Translation
The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.
Amplified Bible
Then it went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to Ataroth, the border of the Archites.
New American Standard Bible
It went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth,
Legacy Standard Bible
And it went out from Bethel to Luz and passed on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
Complete Jewish Bible
went out from Beit-El to Luz, passed on to the border with the Arki to ‘Atarot,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the border continued from Bethel (Luz) to the Arkite border at Ataroth.
George Lamsa Translation
And goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and then passes along to the border of Ebra and Ataroth,
Good News Translation
From Bethel it went to Luz, passing on to Ataroth Addar, where the Archites lived.
Literal Translation
And it went from Bethel to Luz, and passed on to the border of the Archites, to Ataroth;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and commeth out from Bethel vnto Lus, and goeth thorow the coast of Arciataroth,
American Standard Version
and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
Bible in Basic English
And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And goeth out fro Bethel to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.
King James Version (1611)
And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along vnto the borders of Archi, to Ataroth,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they will go out to Baethel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi.
English Revised Version
and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
Berean Standard Bible
It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and it goith out fro Bethel `in to Luzan, and passith the terme of Architaroth,
Young's Literal Translation
and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi [to] Ataroth,
Update Bible Version
and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
Webster's Bible Translation
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
World English Bible
and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
New King James Version
then went out from Bethel to Luz, [fn] passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,
New Living Translation
From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.
New Life Bible
It went from Bethel to Luz, and on to the land of the Archites at Ataroth.
New Revised Standard
then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and it goeth out from Bethel towards Luz, - and passeth over unto the boundary of the Archites at Ataroth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,
Revised Standard Version
then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to At'aroth, the territory of the Archites;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.

Contextual Overview

1 And the lot came forth for the children of Joseph from the Jordan of Jericho as far as the waters of Jericho eastwards, to the wilderness which goes up from Jericho to the hill-country of Bethel. 2 And [the border] went from Bethel to Luz, and passed to the border of the Archites to Ataroth, 3 and went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, as far as the border of the lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer; and ended at the sea. 4 And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethel: Joshua 18:13, Genesis 28:19, Judges 1:22-26

Archi: 2 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 27:33

Reciprocal: Joshua 16:5 - Atarothaddar Judges 4:5 - between 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel 2 Samuel 15:32 - Archite 1 Chronicles 2:54 - Ataroth 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Bethel

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 16:1
And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him [children]. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was lightly esteemed in her eyes.
Genesis 16:6
And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face.
Genesis 16:9
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:10
And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.
Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return to thee at [this] time of the year, and behold, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent-door, which was behind him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz,.... For though these two places in time became one, yet they were originally distinct. Bethel, at which Jacob stopped, and who gave it its name, was a field adjacent to the city of Luz, Genesis 38:11; and therefore with propriety may be, as they here are, distinguished:

and passeth along unto the borders Archi to Ataroth; or to Archiataroth; these two words being the name of one and the same place, and to be joined as they are, in the Greek version, and others; and is the same with Atarothaddar, Joshua 16:5. Ataroth was its proper name, but it had these additional epithets to distinguish it from another Ataroth; see Joshua 16:7; Jerom b makes mention of Atharoth by Ramma, in the tribe of Joseph, and of another in the tribe of Ephraim, now a village at the north of Sebaste, or Samaria, four miles from it, called Atharus; the former is here meant.

b De loc. Heb. fol. 88. G.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Archi - (Read “of the Archite,” also a designation of David’s friend Hushai (2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 16:16, etc.). The word is derived from Erech Genesis 10:10. But whether there was in the neighborhood of Bethel a place bearing this Babylonian name, or whether a colony from the East had settled in this spot and brought the name with them, is unknown.

Ataroth - Called Joshua 16:5; Joshua 18:13 Ataroth-adar (= “crowns of fame or greatness”) perhaps to distinguish it from two other places bearing the same name but, situated on the other side of Jordan, in the territory of Gad Numbers 32:34. It is identified with Atara, near the road from Jerusalem to Nablous.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 16:2. From Bethel to Luz — From Genesis 28:19 it appears that the place which Jacob called Beth-el was formerly called Luz; see the note there: but here they seem to be two distinct places. It is very likely that the place where Jacob had the vision was not in Luz, but in some place within a small distance of that city or village, (see the note on Genesis 28:12), and that sometimes the whole place was called Beth-el, at other times Luz, and sometimes, as in the case above, the two places were distinguished. As we find the term London comprises, not only London, but also the city of Westminster and the borough of Southwark; though at other times all three are distinctly mentioned.

Archi to Ataroth — Archi was the country of Hushai, the friend of David, 2 Samuel 15:32, who is called Hushai the Archite. Ataroth, called Ataroth-addar, Ataroth the illustrious, Joshua 16:5, and simply Ataroth, Joshua 16:7, is supposed to have been about fifteen miles from Jerusalem.


 
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