Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
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Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
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Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;
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Passages linked to Joshua 15:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:9-11 The border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (also called Kiriath Jearim); and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah; and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
- Joshua 19:3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
- 1 Chronicles 4:29 at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Eltolad,.... The first of these cities is called…
And Eltolad,.... The first of these cities is called Tolad, Ch1 4:29,
and Chesil seems to be the same with Bethul and Bethuel, Jos 19:4 Ch1 4:30; and here the Greek version calls it Baithel:
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and Hormah is the same with Zephath, Jdg 1:17. All these three cities were given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:4.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. Baalah] A fourth group is added of thirteen…
29. Baalah] A fourth group is added of thirteen places which lay to the west and south-west:—
(1) Baalah, called Balah (ch. Jos_19:3) and Bilhah (1Ch_4:29); (2) Iim, unknown; (3) Azem = “firmness” or “strength” (ch. Jos_19:3); (4) Eltolad = Tolad (1Ch_4:29), unknown; (5) Chesil = Bethul (Jos_19:4) = Bethuel (1Ch_4:30); (6) Hormah, or Zephath (comp. Jos_12:14); (7) Ziklag = “wilderness of destruction” (Gesenius), which afterwards came into the possession of Achish, king of Gath, who presented it to David (1Sa_27:6), and was burnt by the Amalekites (1Sa_30:1); (8) Madmannah = possibly to el-Minyây, south of Gaza, on the route of the pilgrims during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; (9) Sansannah, unknown; (10) Lebaoth = Beth-lebaoth (Jos_19:6; 1Ch_4:31), perhaps Lebhem, eight hours south of Gaza; (11) Shilhim = el-Scheriat, about midway between Gaza and Beer-sheba; (12) Ain; (13) Rimmon; in ch. Jos_19:7, 1Ch_4:32, these are treated as one place, and comp. Neh_11:29. Rimmon has been supposed to be represented by Um er-Rumamim, about three hours north of Beersheba.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Iim. The Alexandrian version of LXX has Aueim here.…
Iim. The Alexandrian version of LXX has Aueim here. If this be correct, the city was named after the Avim. (see note on Jos_13:4) If we take the reading in the text we must interpret by ruins. (see note on Ai, Jos_7:2)
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The list of cities continues. (See: How to Translate Names)
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