Joshua 15:56
in Joshua 15Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
KJV
And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Jezreel,.... This Jezreel in the tribe of Judah is different from that which was once a royal seat of some of the kings of Israel, and from whence the famous valley of Jezreel or Esdraelon had its name: of this we have no other account elsewhere: and Jokdeam; of which we have no other mention: and Zanoah is a distinct place from the city of the same name in the valley, Jos 15:34.
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 words behind it
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִזְרְעֶ֥אל | veyizreel | and Jezreel | H3157 → | 36 times |
| וְיָקְדְעָ֖ם | veyakedeam | and Jokdeam | H3347 → | |
| וְזָנֽוֹחַ׃ | vezanoach | and Zanoah | H2182 → |
וְיִזְרְעֶ֥אלand Jezreel
veyizreelH3157 →36 times
וְיָקְדְעָ֖םand Jokdeam
veyakedeamH3347 →
וְזָנֽוֹחַ׃and Zanoah
vezanoachH2182 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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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.