Joshua 18:25

Young's Literal Translation

Gibeon, and Ramah, and 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,

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,

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 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

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
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 18:5
and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'

Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'

Genesis 18:7
and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

Genesis 18:10
and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'

Genesis 18:11
And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

Genesis 18:12
and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

Genesis 18:13
and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also [is] old!'

Genesis 18:17
and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

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.