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Young's Literal Translation

Joshua 18:22

and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benjamin;   Beth-Arabah;   Beth-El;   Judea;   Zemaraim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Bethel;   Kiriath-jearim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Beth-Arabah;   Zemaraim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Avim;   Beth-Arabah;   Shechem (1);   Zemaraim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beth-Arabah;   Bethel;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Zemaraim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abiel;   Arbathite;   Benjamin;   Beth-Arabah;   Bethel;   Joshua;   Priests and Levites;   Zemaraim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Betharabah ;   Bethel ;   Zemaraim ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beth-Ar'abah;   Zemara'im;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abi-Albon;   Bethabara;   Beth-Arabah;   Bethel;   Joshua, Book of;   Zemaraim;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benjamin;   Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Beth-Arabah;  

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,
Darby Translation
and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
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,
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 a lot goeth up [for] the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families; and the border of their lot goeth out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. 12 And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; 13 and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it [is] Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down [to] Atroth-Addar, by the hill that [is] on the south of the lower Beth-Horon; 14 and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which [is] at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this [is] the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter [is] from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; 16 and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down [to] En-Rogel, 17 and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben, 18 and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah; 19 and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this [is] the south border; 20 and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for 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 appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:2
and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,
Genesis 18:16
And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;
Genesis 19:1
And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,
Psalms 106:23
And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.
Jeremiah 15:1
And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out.
Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.
Acts 7:55
and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
1 Timothy 2:1
I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, 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.


 
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