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Joshua 15:60

Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

  • KJV King James Version

    Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Joshua 15:60 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Joshua 18:14 The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
  • 1 Samuel 7:1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... From…

As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... From whom the city was called Jebus, Jdg 19:10. The Jews say, that these Jebusites were not those of the seven nations; but there was a man whose name was Jebus, and he was of the Philistines, of the seed of Abimelech, and the place was called by his name Jebus; and the men of that family that dwelt at Jerusalem, their names were called Jebusites, having their descent from him; so Araunah, the Jebusite, was king of that place: and the fort of that place was Zion, which was at Jerusalem: so Kimchi relates from their Rabbins, and with whom Jarchi agrees, but without any foundation; there is no doubt to be made of it, that these Jebusites were Canaanites:

the children of Judah could not drive them out; according to the above Jewish writers they could have done it, but it was not fit and proper they should, because of the oath of Abraham to Abimelech, from whom they suppose these Jebusites sprung; but the case was this; though Joshua slew the king of this place, and took his land with the rest, Jos 10:1; and though the men of Judah retook it after his death, it having been got into the hands of the Jebusites again, Jdg 1:8; yet either the fort of Zion was never taken by either of them, or if taken, the Jebusites got possession of it again, and held it until the times of David; see Sa2 5:6,

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but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day; the one in the fort of Zion, and the other in the city of Jerusalem, properly so called, and thus they continued unto the writing of this book; by which it should seem, that the Jebusites were not dispossessed of their fort, or a part of the city, by Joshua; or this might be added and inserted by some inspired man afterwards; or however it must be done before the times of David: and from the whole it appears, that the city of Jerusalem, at least a part of it, belonged to the tribe of Judah, as another part did to that of Benjamin, to which it is ascribed, Jos 18:28; see Jdg 1:21.

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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 60. Kirjath-baal] The same as Baalah. See Clarke…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 60. On Kirjath-baal see note on Jos_9:17.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 60. Kirjath-baal] Group V. consists of two cities on…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (60) Kirjath-jearim has been already pointed out on the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Kirjath Baal. Before these words the LXX insert the…
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