Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
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Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
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The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
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the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 4:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 19:42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
- Joshua 21:16 Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
- Judges 1:35 but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
- 1 Samuel 6:12 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 6:20 The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Elon in Beth Aven.
Or, Elon in Beth Aven.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, Elon, the house or dwelling-place of Hanan; and…
Or, Elon, the house or dwelling-place of Hanan; and Hanan may be a man’s name and this place may be so differenced from other Elons. Or, the plain (for so the Hebrew word signifies) of Beth-hanan.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The son of Hesed in Aruboth,.... Which seems to…
The son of Hesed in Aruboth,.... Which seems to have been in the tribe of Judah by the places that follow:
to him pertained Sochoh; there were two places of this name in that tribe, Jos 15:35;
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and all the land of Hepher: there was an Hepher in the land of Canaan, which was a royal city in the times of the Canaanites, Jos 12:17; and there was an Hepher, the name of a man, a descendant of Judah, to whom, very probably, this land belonged, Ch1 4:6; unless it can be thought to be the portion of land given to the daughters of Hepher, Jos 17:3.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For some of the names, see Jos 19:41-43.
For some of the names, see Jos 19:41-43.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Makaz… Shaalbim — Places apparently in the tribe…
9. Makaz… Shaalbim — Places apparently in the tribe of Dan, but now unknown.
Beth-shemesh — See on Jos_15:10, and 1Sa_6:9.
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Elon-bethhanan — Site unknown, but probably the same as Elon. Jos_19:43.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. the son of Dekar] Read Ben-Deker, according to…
9. the son of Dekar] Read Ben-Deker, according to the Hebrew pointing. The name Deker is found nowhere else.
in Makaz] The name does not occur again, and we can only conjecture the whereabouts of the place from the other names with which it is joined. Shaalbim, the town next mentioned, was in the tribe of Dan (Jdg_1:35); Bethshemesh, was at the northern boundary of Judah, and was one of the ‘suburb cities’ allotted to the priests (Jos_21:16); of Elon-beth-hanan nothing more is known. The Vulgate, following some Hebrew MSS. reads ‘Elon and Bethhanan,’ making two towns out of the name. It is clear however that Ben-Deker’s district lay in Dan and on the borders of Judah.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) The second division included the territory in the…
(9) The second division included the territory in the maritime plain to the north-west of Judah; assigned to Dan, but in all the earlier history held, with perhaps a few exceptions, by the Philistines. The cities Shaalbim, Elon, and Beth-shemesh, or Ir-shemesh, are noted in Jos_19:41-43. Makaz is not mentioned elsewhere. There is here the addition to the name Elon of beth-hanan (“the house of Hanan”) In 1Ch_8:23 there is a Hanan among the chief men of Benjamin; and 1Ch_1:43 a Hanan among David’s mighty men. The only one of these cities known in history is Beth-shemesh, the first resting-place of the Ark (1Sa_6:12-21) when restored by the Philistines.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The son of Dekar Ben. Dekar, in Makaz unknown…
The son of Dekar Ben. Dekar, in Makaz unknown otherwise, and in Shaalbim Jos_19:42; Jud 1:35 and Beth-shemesh called Irshemesh, Jos_19:41. Now "Ain Shemes and Elon-beth-hanan. Elon, Jos_19:43. Probably Beth-hanan is a different place, the "and" (w) having accidentally dropped out of the text. The LXX (ewv Bhqanan) favours this view. It has been identified by Robinson with Beit Hunun. This second district embraces Daniel.
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