Joshua 18:25

Myles Coverdale Bible

Gibeon, Rama, Beeroth,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Hebrew Names Version
Giv`on, and Ramah, and Be'erot,

King James Version
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Lexham English Bible
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

English Standard Version
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

New Century Version
The tribe of Benjamin also received Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

New English Translation
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Amplified Bible
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

New American Standard Bible
Gibeon, Ramah, and Beeroth,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Legacy Standard Bible
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

Contemporary English Version
In the other region there were the following fourteen towns with their surrounding villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, Gibeah, Kiriath-Jearim, and Jerusalem, which is also called Jebusite Town. These regions are the tribal lands of Benjamin.

Complete Jewish Bible
Giv‘on, Ramah, Be'erot,

Darby Translation
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Easy-to-Read Version
The tribe of Benjamin also got Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

George Lamsa Translation
Gibeon, Ramtha, Beeroth,

Good News Translation
There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Literal Translation
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

American Standard Version
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Bible in Basic English
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Gabaon, Ramah, Beeroth,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

King James Version (1611)
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha;

English Revised Version
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

Berean Standard Bible
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Gabaon, and Rama,

Young's Literal Translation
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Update Bible Version
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Webster's Bible Translation
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

World English Bible
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

New King James Version
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

New Living Translation
Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

New Life Bible
And there were Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

New Revised Standard
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Gibeon and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gabam and Rama and Beroth,

Revised Standard Version
Gibeon, Ramah, Be-er'oth,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And the lot of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kynreds, and the border of their lot wente out betwene the children of Iuda & the children of Ioseph. ¹² And their border was on ye north quarter of Iordane, and goeth vp from the north syde of Iericho, and commeth vp to the mountayne westwarde, and goeth out by the wyldernesse of Bethauen, ¹³ and goeth from thece towarde Lus, euen by the south syde of Lus (that is Bethel) and commeth downe vnto Ataroth Adar by the mountayne which lyeth on ye south syde of the lower Bethoron. ¹⁴ Then boweth it downe, and fetcheth a compasse vnto the south west quarter from the mount that lyeth ouer agaynst Bethoron towarde the south, and goeth out vnto Kiriath Baal, yt is Kiriath Iearim, a cite of the children of Iuda. This is the west border. ¹⁵ But the south border is from Kiriath Iearim forth, and goeth out towarde the west, and commeth forth vnto ye water well of Nepthoah: ¹⁶ and goeth downe by the edge of the mount, that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hinnam: and goeth downe thorow the valley of Hinnam on ye south syde of the Iebusites, and commeth downe to the well of Rogell, ¹⁷ and stretcheth from the northwarde, and commeth out vnto EnSemes, and commeth forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adumim, and cometh downe vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben, ¹⁸ and goeth a longe besyde ye playne felde which lyeth north warde, and commeth downe vnto ye playne felde, ¹⁹ and goeth besyde Beth Hagla that lyeth towarde the north, and his ende is at the north border of the Salt see, vnto ye edge of Iordane southwarde. This is the south border. ²⁰ But Iordane shal be the ende of the east quarter. This is the enheritaunce of ye children of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute, amonge their kynreds.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gibeon: Joshua 9:17, Joshua 10:2, 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 3:5, 1 Kings 9:2, Isaiah 28:21

Ramah: Situated, according to Eusebius, six miles from Jerusalem towards Bethel; though Jerome places it near Gaba, seven miles from Jerusalem. 1 Samuel 1:1, Ramathaim-zophim, Joshua 7:17, Joshua 15:34, Jeremiah 31:15, Matthew 27:57, Arimathea

Beeroth: Eusebius says Beeroth was seven miles from Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus. Jerome, however, reads Neapolis or Shechem; but Reland prefers the former.

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:17 - Gibeon Judges 4:5 - between Judges 19:13 - Gibeah 2 Samuel 2:12 - Gibeon 2 Samuel 4:2 - Beeroth 2 Samuel 20:14 - Berites 1 Kings 15:17 - Ramah Ezra 2:26 - Ramah Nehemiah 7:29 - Kirjathjearim Nehemiah 7:30 - Ramah Nehemiah 11:33 - Ramah Isaiah 10:29 - Ramah Jeremiah 40:1 - Ramah

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie.

Genesis 18:2
And as he lift vp his eyes, and loked, beholde, there stode thre men ouer agaynst him. And whan he sawe them, he ranne to mete them from his tent dore, and bowed him self downe vpon the grounde,

Genesis 18:5
And I wyll fet you a morsell of bred, to comforte youre hertes withall, and then shall ye go youre wayes, for therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt. They sayde: do euen so as thou hast spoken:

Genesis 18:6
Abraham wente a pace in to the tent to Sara, and sayde: Make haist, & mengle thre peckes of fyne meele, knede it, and bake cakes.

Genesis 18:7
And he ranne to the beastes, & fet a calf that was tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yonge man, which made it ready at once.

Genesis 18:10
Then sayde he: aboute this tyme twolue moneth, (yf I lyue) I will come to the agayne, and Sara thy wyfe shal haue a sonne. And Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which was behynde his backe.

Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sara were both olde, & well stryken in age: so that it wente nomore with Sara after ye maner of wemen:

Genesis 18:12
therfore laughed she within hir self, and sayde: Now that I am olde & my lorde olde also, shal I yet geue my self to lust?

Genesis 18:13
Then sayde ye LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and saye: Is this true in dede, that I shal beare, and yet am olde?

Genesis 18:17
Then sayde the LORDE: How can I hyde from Abraham, ye thinge that I wil do?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Gibeon,.... Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived Joshua, Joshua 9:3. Jerom says p, in his time there was a village shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near Ramah, next mentioned;

and Ramah, which Jerom relates q was six miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel. Rauwolff, a traveller in those parts, says r, that the town of Rama is situated on an ascent, in plain fields, which extend themselves for two leagues to the hill of the city of Jerusalem; these fields are very fruitful and well tilled, and sown with corn, cotton, and Indian millet; the town is pretty large, but very open, like unto a village, very pitifully built, where one may still see here and there some signs of old buildings;

and Beeroth was a city that belonged to the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:17; and Jerom says s, in his time was shown the village, seven miles from Aelia or Jerusalem, as you go to Neapolis or Shechem.

p De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A. q Ibid. fol. 94. B. r Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 215. Ed. Ray. s Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 618.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 18:25. Gibeon — See before, Joshua 10:1-14. This place is famous for the confederacy of the five kings against Israel, and their miraculous defeat. Ramah, a place about six or eight miles north of Jerusalem. Beeroth, i.e., wells; one of the four cities which belonged to the Gibeonites, who made peace with the Israelites by stratagem. See Joshua 9:3-15.