Joshua 15:53
in Joshua 15Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
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ASV
and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
KJV
And Janum, and Beth–tappuah, and Aphekah,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBeth-tappuah - The house of the apple or citron tree. Probably a place where these grew in great abundance and perfection. Aphekah - See the note on Jos 12:18.
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 Awakening2 voices
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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And Janum,.... Under the word "Janum", Jerom writes (l), there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to be what is written: and Bethtappuah is by Jerom called Bethaphu (m), and said to be a village in the tribe of Judah, fourteen miles beyond Raphia, as you go to Egypt, which is the border of Palestine: and Aphekah; Jerom speaks (n) of a large castle in his time called Apheca, near the town of Palestine; there were several places of the name of Aphek; See Gill on Jos 12:
The words behind it
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About Joshua
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.