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Yosua 18:28

Zela, Elef dan Yebus, ialah Yerusalem, Gibeat dan Kiryat; empat belas kota dengan desa-desanya. Itulah milik pusaka bani Benyamin menurut kaum-kaum mereka.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benjamin;   Eleph;   Gibeah;   Jebusites;   Jerusalem;   Zelah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jerusalem;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Canaanites;   Jerusalem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Gibeah;   Jebusites;   Jerusalem;   Kiriath-jearim;   Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Geba;   Jebus;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Kirjath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Aphrah;   Benjamin;   Eleph;   Gibeah;   Jebus;   Jerusalem;   Joshua, the Book of;   Kirjath Jearim;   Zelah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gibeah;   Gibeath;   Haeleph;   Jebusi;   Kiriath;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Zelah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Benjamin;   Eleph;   Jerusalem;   Joshua;   Kiriath;   Mozah;   Priests and Levites;   Zela;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleph ;   Jebus, Jebusi ;   Judah ;   Kirjathjearim ;   Villages;   Zelah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Kirjath;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - E'leph;   Gib'e-Ath,;   Je'bus;   Jebu'si;   Kir'jath;   Ze'lah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eleph;   Gibeah;   Gibeath (2);   Jebus;   Joshua, Book of;   Kiriath;   Kiriath-Jearim;   Zela;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benjamin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gibeah;   Jerusalem;   Judges, Book of;   Lion;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Zela, Elef dan Yebus, ialah Yerusalem, Gibeat dan Kiryat; empat belas kota dengan desa-desanya. Itulah milik pusaka bani Benyamin menurut kaum-kaum mereka.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan Zela dan Elif dan Yebuzi, yaitu Yeruzalem, dan Gibat dan Kiryat, semuanya empat belas buah negeri serta dengan jajahannya. Maka inilah bahagian pusaka bani Benyamin dengan bangsa-bangsanya.

Contextual Overview

11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Beniamin came vp according to their kinredes: And the coast of their lot came betweene the children of Iuda, and the children of Ioseph. 12 And their north coast was from Iordane, & went vp to the side of Iericho on the north side, and went vp through the mountaines westwarde, and they ended at the wildernesse of Bethauen. 13 And went from thence toward Luz, euen to the south side of Luz (the same is Bethel) & descended againe to Ataroth Adar, vnto the hyll that lyeth on the south side of ye neather Bethhoron. 14 And the coast turneth thence, & compasseth the corner of the sea southward, euen from the hyll that lyeth before Bethhoron southward, and goeth out at Kiriathbaal (which is Kiriath Iarim) a citie of the childre of Iuda: This is the west quarter. 15 And the south coast goeth from the ende of Kiriathiarim, and goeth out westwarde, and thence it turneth to the well of waters of Nephthoah, 16 And commeth downe againe to the end of the hyll that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hennom, euen in the valley of the giauntes northwarde, and descendeth into the valley of Hennom beside Iebusi southward, & goeth downe to the well of Rogel, 17 And compasseth from the north, and goeth foorth to En shemesh, and departeth from thence to the places of Geliloth, whiche are towarde the going vp vnto Adommim: and goeth downe to the stone of Bohan the sonne of Ruben. 18 And then goeth along toward the side of the plaine northward, and goeth downe into the fieldes. 19 And goeth along to the syde of Bethhagla northwarde, and endureth the poynt of the salt sea north therefrom, [euen] at the south ende of Iordane: This is the south coast. 20 And Iordane kepeth in this coast on the east syde: And this is the inheritaunce of the chyldren of Beniamin by their coastes rounde about, throughout their kinredes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zelah: 2 Samuel 21:14

Jebusi: Joshua 18:16, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:63, 2 Samuel 5:8

Gibeath: Judges 19:12-15, Judges 20:4, Judges 20:5, 1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 13:15, 1 Samuel 13:16, Isaiah 10:29, Hosea 10:9, Gibeah

according: Numbers 26:54, Numbers 33:54

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:3 - king of Jerusalem Judges 19:10 - Jebus Judges 19:13 - Gibeah 1 Samuel 13:2 - in Gibeah 2 Samuel 5:6 - the Jebusites 1 Chronicles 8:28 - dwelt 1 Chronicles 11:4 - Jebus 2 Chronicles 13:2 - Gibeah

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.
Genesis 18:4
Let a litle water, I pray you, be fet, and washe your feete, and refreshe your selues vnder the tree.
Genesis 18:17
And the Lorde sayde: shall I hyde from Abraham that thing which I do.
Genesis 18:19
I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him.
Genesis 18:26
And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie, I wyll spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:29
And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, and sayde: What yf there shall be fourtie founde there? He aunswered: I wyll not do it for fourties sake.
Genesis 18:32
And he sayde: O let not my Lorde be angry, and I wyll speake yet but this once: What if ten shalbe found there? He aunswered, I wil not destroy [them] for tennes sake.
Genesis 18:33
And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham, and Abraham [also] turned vnto his place.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zelaheath,.... Zelah was the buryingplace of Saul and his family, 2 Samuel 21:14.

Eleph is nowhere else mentioned; some join it with Zelah, and make one city of it, but then the number of cities given could not be completed; both Jarchi and Kimchi say they were two cities, as doubtless they were;

and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem; of Jerusalem being called Jebusi, see Joshua 15:63; it belonged partly to the tribe of Judah, and partly to the tribe of Benjamin; Mount Zion belonged to Judah, and Moriah to Benjamin;

Gibeath was a distinct city both from Gaba and Gibeon; by its being mentioned with Jerusalem, it should seem to be near it. Jerom y speaks of Gabaatha in the tribe of Benjamin, twelve miles from Eleutheropolis, where the grave of the Prophet Habakkuk was shown;

[and] Kirjath signifies a city, but what city is meant is not known:

fourteen cities with their villages; and just so many are mentioned by name:

this [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families; these cities, with others perhaps not mentioned, were allotted to the tribe of Benjamin for their families to dwell in.

y De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C.

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 18:28. And Zelah — This was the burying-place of Saul, Jonathan, and the family of Kish. See 2 Samuel 21:14.

Jebusi, which is Jerusalem — We often meet with this name, and it is evident that it was the ancient name of Jerusalem, which was also called Salem; and was probably the place in which Melchizedek reigned in the days of Abraham; though some think a different place is meant; for that there was another place of the same name, is evident from John 3:23. This place, called Salim by the evangelist, is said to be near to Enon, and there John baptized, because there was much water in the place. This, however, must not be confounded with the Salem mentioned above; for that this was a name of Jerusalem, is evident from Psalms 76:1-2: In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. In SALEM also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. This must refer to Jerusalem, where the temple was situated. Whether Jebus or Jebusi had its name from the Jebusites, or the Jebusites from it, cannot be ascertained.


 
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