Joshua 18:25

The NET Bible®

Gibeon, Ramah, 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,

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,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gibeon, Rama, 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 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. ¹² Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. ¹³ It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. ¹⁴ It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border. ¹⁵ The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. ¹⁷ It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ¹⁸ It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. ¹⁹ It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border. ²⁰ The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

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
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.

Genesis 18:2
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.

Genesis 18:5
And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread."

Genesis 18:7
Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

Genesis 18:10
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?"

Genesis 18:13
The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?'

Genesis 18:17
Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to 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.