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Joshua 15:31

in Joshua 15

Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

KJV

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

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This verse in Joshua 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And Ziklag,.... Ziklag was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:5, it was in the bands of the king of Gath, in the times of David, who gave it to him; it bordered on the Amalekites, and is placed by Jerom (c) in Daroma, on the south of the lot of Judah or Simeon. and Madmannah, according to the same writer (d), was in his time called Menois, a town near the city Gaza: and Sansannah, of which no mention is made elsewhere. (c) De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. (d) Ibid. fol. 93. E.

This site's exposition

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah

on Joshua 15:20-32

The cities are grouped by region rather than listed at random, and this run covers the dry south toward Edom. A list like this is a legal record of title, which is why later books can argue from it, and why a town's tribe can be settled by looking it up. Beersheba stands in the middle of it at verse 28, already old by Genesis 21:31.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Ziklag - The Philistines seem to have kept possession of this city till the time of David, who received it from Achish, king of Gath, 1Sa 27:6; after which time it remained in the possession of the kings of Judah.

The words behind it

3 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְצִֽקְלַ֥גand Ziklag

    vetziklagH6860 →

  • וּמַדְמַנָּ֖הand Madmannah

    umadmanahH4089 →

  • וְסַנְסַנָּֽה׃and Sansannah

    vesansanahH5578 →

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 27:6That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.6 works1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.4 works1 Chronicles 2:49She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.3 worksJoshua 19:5Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,2 works1 Chronicles 12:1Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;2 works1 Chronicles 4:30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 10:31Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.2 worksNehemiah 11:28in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 30:1

    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 29:11

      So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

    • 1 Samuel 15:7

      Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

    • Joshua 11:6

      Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn…

    • 1 Samuel 27:8–10

      Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

    • 1 Samuel 29:4

      But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 27:6

    That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 1:1

      After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Nehemiah 11:28

      in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 12:1

    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 27:2–6

      So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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