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Joshua 18:27

and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benjamin;   Irpeel;   Rekem;   Taralah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Kiriath-jearim;   Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Rekem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Avim;   Irpeel;   Rekem;   Taralah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Irpeel;   Rekem;   Taralah;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Irpeel;   Joshua;   Priests and Levites;   Rekem;   Taralah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Irpeel ;   Rekem ;   Taralah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rekem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ir'pe-El;   Re'kem,;   Tar'alah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Irpeel;   Joshua, Book of;   Rekem;   Taralah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benjamin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Hebrew Names Version
and Rekem, and Yirp'el, and Tar'alah,
King James Version
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Lexham English Bible
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
English Standard Version
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
New Century Version
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New English Translation
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Amplified Bible
and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah,
New American Standard Bible
Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Legacy Standard Bible
and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah,
Complete Jewish Bible
Rekem, Yirpe'el, Tar'alah,
Darby Translation
and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,
Easy-to-Read Version
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
George Lamsa Translation
Rakim, Repeel, Taralah,
Good News Translation
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Literal Translation
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Rekem, Ieerpeel, Thareala,
American Standard Version
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Bible in Basic English
And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Recem, Iarephel, and Tharela,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;
King James Version (1611)
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Phira, and Caphan, and Nacan, and Selecan, and Thareela,
English Revised Version
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;
Berean Standard Bible
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Recem, Jarephel, and Tharela,
Young's Literal Translation
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Update Bible Version
and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
New King James Version
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
New Living Translation
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
New Life Bible
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
New Revised Standard
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Rekem and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Recem, Jarephel, and Tharela,
Revised Standard Version
Rekem, Irpeel, Tar'alah,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah,

Contextual Overview

11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. 13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth-horon the lower. 14 The border extended [there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 15 The south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah; 16 and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel; 17 and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 18 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah; 19 and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. 20 The Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 18:1
Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
Genesis 18:6
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
Genesis 18:8
He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
Genesis 18:30
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
Genesis 18:32
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
Ezra 9:6
and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.
Job 4:19
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah. Of these cities there is no mention made elsewhere.

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.


 
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