Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

  • KJV King James Version

    And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;

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Cross-references (5)

Passages linked to Joshua 15:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 26:33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
  • Genesis 21:14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
  • Genesis 21:31-33 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
  • Joshua 19:2-3 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
  • 1 Chronicles 4:28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Baalah,.... Baalah was given to the tribe of Simeon,…

Baalah,.... Baalah was given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:3; for Baalah is the same with Balah there, as it is with Bilba, Ch1 4:29; though according to the Jerusalem Talmud (i) it is the same with Baalah, given to the tribe of Dan, Jos 19:44; and was one of those places whose houses were in Judah and their fields in Dan:

and Azem was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:3; it is the same with Ezem, Ch1 4:29,

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and Iim, of which we read nowhere else.

(i) Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. Beer-sheba] A city, famous in the book…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bersabee, noted for the residence of Abraham, &c. It…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. Beer-sheba — This spot, so much associated with…

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