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Joshua 18:22
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Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
and Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El,
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,
Beit-‘Aravah, Tz'marayim, Beit-El,
and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Beth-el,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Betharaba, Zemaraim, Bethel,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el
Betharabah, Samaraim, and Bethel.
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Betharacha, and Samaraym,
and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,
Beth-arabah, Zemara'im, Bethel,
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,
Contextual Overview
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
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.
Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,
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.