Joshua 15:51
in Joshua 15Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
KJV
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Goshen,.... Of Goshen in the land of Canaan; see Gill on Jos 10:41, and Holon, of which there is no other mention: and Giloh was the city of Ahitophel, 2Sa 15:12, eleven cities with their villages; the number agrees; this is the first division of cities in the mountains; a second follows.
This site's exposition
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir
on Joshua 15:48-62
The hill country and then the wilderness beside the salt sea. Bethlehem is absent from the King James list at verse 59, and the Septuagint carries eleven further towns there including it, which is the largest textual variant in the chapter and is worth naming rather than passing over. Engedi and the City of Salt close the run at verses 62 to 63, in the country where David later hides from Saul.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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
Goshen - See the note on Jos 10:41. Giloh - The country of the traitor Ahithophel, 2Sa 15:12.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגֹ֥שֶׁן | vegoshen | and Goshen | H1657 → | 15 times |
| וְחֹלֹ֖ן | vecholon | and Holon | H2473 → | |
| וְגִלֹ֑ה | vegiloh | and Giloh | H1542 → | |
| עָרִ֥ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אַֽחַת־ | ʾachat- | one [plus] | H259 → | 971 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | ʾesreh | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ | vechatzreihen | and villages their | H2691 → | 191 times |
וְגֹ֥שֶׁןand Goshen
vegoshenH1657 →15 times
וְחֹלֹ֖ןand Holon
vecholonH2473 →
וְגִלֹ֑הand Giloh
vegilohH1542 →
עָרִ֥יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
אַֽחַת־one [plus]
ʾachat-H259 →971 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֖הten
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃and villages their
vechatzreihenH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Psalms 55:12–14
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- 2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he…
- 2 Samuel 15:31
Through
Joshua 11:16So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
it leads to
- Joshua 10:41
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
- Joshua 12:8
the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
- Joshua 10:41
Through
Joshua 10:41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
it leads to
- Joshua 11:16
So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
- Joshua 11:16
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.