Joshua 15:59
in Joshua 15Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
KJV
And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis 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 Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon,.... Of these cities we have no account elsewhere; only mention is made of Eltekeh, in the tribe of Dan, Jos 19:44, six cities with their villages; these were all in the mountainous part of Judea, as were the two following.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמַעֲרָ֥ת | umaarat | and Maarath | H4638 → | |
| וּבֵית־ | uveit- | and Beth | H1042 → | |
| עֲנ֖וֹת | anot | Anoth | H1042 → | |
| וְאֶלְתְּקֹ֑ן | veeltekon | and Eltekon | H515 → | |
| עָרִ֥ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| שֵׁ֖שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ | vechatzreihen | and villages their | H2691 → | 191 times |
וּמַעֲרָ֥תand Maarath
umaaratH4638 →
וּבֵית־and Beth
uveit-H1042 →
עֲנ֖וֹתAnoth
anotH1042 →
וְאֶלְתְּקֹ֑ןand Eltekon
veeltekonH515 →
עָרִ֥יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
שֵׁ֖שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃and villages their
vechatzreihenH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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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.