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Joshua 15:35

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Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

KJV

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

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This verse in Joshua 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Jarmuth - See the note on Jos 10:3. Adullam - See the note on Jos 12:15. Socoh - It was near this place that David fought with and slew Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, 1Sa 17:1.

This site's exposition

And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah

on Joshua 15:33-47

The lowland and then the coast, and the coast is where the difficulty sits. Ekron, Ashdod and Gaza are written into Judah's inheritance at verses 45 to 47, and Joshua 11:22 had just said that the Anakim were left in those three towns. Zoreah and Eshtaol open the list, and they are where Samson is born and buried at Judges 13:2 and 16:31, so the tribe's paper border and the ground it actually holds are two different things from here on.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

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 words behind it

4 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.

  • יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth

    yarmutH3412 →7 times

  • וַעֲדֻלָּ֔םand Adullam

    vaadulamH5725 →

  • שׂוֹכֹ֖הSocoh

    sokhohH7755 →

  • וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃and Azekah

    vaazekahH5825 →7 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 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 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.5 works1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.5 worksJoshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,4 works2 Chronicles 11:7Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,4 works1 Kings 4:10Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);4 worksGenesis 38:1About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 34:7as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.3 worksJoshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.3 worksMicah 1:15I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.3 worksJoshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;2 worksJoshua 15:48These were in the hill country:2 worksJoshua 10:23So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.2 worksNehemiah 11:29in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,2 worksJoshua 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;2 works1 Chronicles 4:18And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.2 worksGenesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.2 works2 Chronicles 11:9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,2 works2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.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 22:1

    So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 57:1–11

      Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

    • Psalms 142:1–7

      I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:15

      Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

    • Psalms 34:1

      I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 17:1

    Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 28:18

      The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:13

      He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.

    • 1 Samuel 13:5

      Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…

  • Through

    Joshua 12:11

    the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

    it leads to

    • Joshua 10:31–32

      And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

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.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 15 →

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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