The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
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The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
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And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
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And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz — the same is Beth-el — southward; and the border went down to Atroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
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Passages linked to Joshua 18:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Joshua 16:2-3 It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth; and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
- Joshua 10:11 As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Joshua 16:5 This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
- Joshua 21:22 Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
- Judges 1:22-26 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.) The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.” He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go. The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which was in the tribe of Ephraim: another Bethel…
Which was in the tribe of Ephraim: another Bethel was in the tribe of Benjamin.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the border went over from thence towards Luz,....…
And the border went over from thence towards Luz,.... From Bethaven, where the northern border ended, the western began, and went on to Luz:
to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; that is, passed along, leaving that city to the south, which formerly was called Luz, but now Bethel, which though distinct places formerly, yet being very near, might in process of time be joined; See Gill on Jos 16:2,
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and the border descended to Atarothadar, the same with Archiataroth; see Gill on Jos 16:2, and See Gill on Jos 16:5,
near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron; so called to distinguish it from Bethhoron the upper, situated on an hill or mountain, Jos 16:5; this was rebuilt by Solomon, Kg1 9:17.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. [Went over from thence — According to our…
13. [Went over from thence — According to our note on Jos_16:1, this border turned off north of Jericho, and ran up so as to take in Zemaraim, (Jos_18:22;) thence it passed westward to Ophni, (Jos_18:24,) where it curved to the south so as to run down near Beth-el.
To the side of Luz… southward — Literally, to the shoulder of Luz, that is, some eminence in the vicinity. Southward here does not mean that the border ran on the south side of Beth-el, but it designates the general course of the border as it passed near Beth-el.
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Descended to Ataroth-addar — That is, the border ran southward by the side of Luz as far as Ataroth.] See notes on Jos_16:5-6. The nether Beth-horon still exists in the modern Beit-Ur-el-Tahta, situated on the top of a low ridge, which is separated by a narrow valley from the mountain on which the Upper Beth-horon stands.
See note on Jos_10:10. South of this rises an eminence which is doubtless the hill here referred to.
[14. Compassed the corner of the sea southward — Rather, turned toward the side of the sea southward. The meaning is simply that from the Lower Beth-horon Benjamin’s western border turned southward towards the sea. It did not run unto the sea, as some have thought, nor is the reference here to Ephraim’s border, which ran off from this point unto the Mediterranean. Dr. Thomson needlessly supposes that the pool of Gibeon is the sea here intended. But in giving these boundaries the word sea is so constantly used of the Mediterranean that it is very arbitrary to take it in this single instance in so limited a sense. The goings out of Benjamin’s western border were not at the sea, but at Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim. On this city see note at Jos_9:17. It lay almost directly south of Beth-horon, so that we must understand Benjamin’s western border to have formed a curve turning from Beth-horon first seaward and then winding gradually round to Kirjath-jearim on the southern border.
This was the west quarter — Literally, the side of the sea; that is, towards the sea.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. toward Luz] See above, ch. Jos_16:2. The border…
13. toward Luz] See above, ch. Jos_16:2. The border next went to the south of the ridge of Bethel, and thence descended, in a northwesterly direction, toward Ataroth-adar.
descended] We understand the appropriateness of this word when we remember that Bethel lay 3000 feet above the level of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Ataroth-adar] See above, ch. Jos_16:5.
near the hill] Or, over the mountain that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. Thus the north border of Benjamin, as far as lower Beth-horon, coincides with the southern border of Ephraim.
Beth-horon] See above (a) Jos_10:11; (b) Jos_16:3-5. An upper and a lower Beth-horon are still recognised. The upper is now called Beit-’ûr El-Fôka, the lower Beit-’ûr El-Tahta. The pass between the two places was called the ascent and the descent of Beth-horon. Comp. 1Ma_3:15-24. “The ascent,” remarks Robinson, “is very rocky and rough; but the rock has been cut away in many places and the path formed into steps, shewing that this is an ancient road.” Bibl. Res. iii:58.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the border ... The boundary
the border ... The boundary
These refer to the same thing.
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Luz ... Ataroth Addar ... Beth Horon ... Kiriath Baal ... Kiriath Jearim
These are the names of places. (See: How to Translate Names)
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Bethel
Baal
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