Joshua 18:22

The Darby Translation

and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Hebrew Names Version
and Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El,

King James Version
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Lexham English Bible
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

English Standard Version
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Century Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New English Translation
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Amplified Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

New American Standard Bible
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

Complete Jewish Bible
Beit-‘Aravah, Tz'marayim, Beit-El,

Easy-to-Read Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

George Lamsa Translation
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Beth-el,

Good News Translation
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Literal Translation
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Betharaba, Zemaraim, Bethel,

American Standard Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Bible in Basic English
And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Betharabah, Samaraim, and Bethel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

King James Version (1611)
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,

English Revised Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

Berean Standard Bible
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Betharacha, and Samaraym,

Young's Literal Translation
and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,

Update Bible Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

World English Bible
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

New King James Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Living Translation
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Life Bible
Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Revised Standard
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,

Revised Standard Version
Beth-arabah, Zemara'im, Bethel,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. And the territory of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. ¹² And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up to the mountain westward; and ended at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; ¹³ and the border passed on from thence toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Bethel: and the border went down to Ataroth-Addar, near the hill that is on the south of the lower Beth-horon. ¹⁴ —And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this is the west side. ¹⁵ —And the south side was from the extreme end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ And the border went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim on the north, and went down the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel; ¹⁷ and it reached along on the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth towards Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben, ¹⁸ and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah; ¹⁹ and the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah on the north, and the border ended at the tongue of the salt sea northward, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. ²⁰ —And the Jordan borders it on the east side.—This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Betharabah: Joshua 18:18, Joshua 15:6

Zemaraim: Genesis 10:18, 2 Chronicles 13:4

Bethel: 1 Kings 12:29-32

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:8 - of Bethel Judges 4:5 - between

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he sat at the tent-door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men standing near him. And when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to the earth,

Genesis 18:16
And the men rose up thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to conduct them.

Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,

Psalms 106:23
And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy [them].

Jeremiah 15:1
And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my soul [would] not [turn] toward this people. Send [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

Acts 7:55
But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

1 Timothy 2:1
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Betharabah,.... Of the first of these,

:-;

and Zemaraim; one of the sons of Canaan was named Zemira,

Genesis 10:18; by whom this city Zemaraim might be built, or however have its name given it, in memory of him; there was a mountain of this name in the tribe of Ephraim, near to which this city might be, 2 Chronicles 13:4.

and Bethel; of the last of these, 2 Chronicles 13:4- :.

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.