Joshua 15:60
in Joshua 15Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
KJV
Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBut that city, which at the best was but little among the thousands of Judah ( Mic. v. 2 ), except that it was thus dignified, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities, but perhaps was one of the villages not named. Christ came to give honour to the places he was related to, not to receive honour from them.
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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Kirjathbaal, (which is Kirjathjearim,),.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names; see Gill on Jos 15:9, and Rabbah, of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 2Sa 12:26, two cities with their villages; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Kirjath-baal - The same as Baalah. See on Jos 15:9 (note).
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קִרְיַת־ | kiryat- | Kiriath | H7154 → | 4 times |
| בַּ֗עַל | baal | Baal | H7154 → | 4 times |
| הִ֛יא | hi' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| קִרְיַ֥ת | kiryat | [is] Kiriath | H7157 → | 39 times |
| יְעָרִ֖ים | yearim | Jearim | H7157 → | 39 times |
| וְהָֽרַבָּ֑ה | veharabah | and <the> Rabbah | H7237 → | |
| עָרִ֥ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| שְׁתַּ֖יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ ס | vechatzreihen | and villages their | H2691 → | 191 times |
קִרְיַת־Kiriath
kiryat-H7154 →4 times
בַּ֗עַלBaal
baalH7154 →4 times
הִ֛יאthat
hi'H1931 →1879 times
קִרְיַ֥ת[is] Kiriath
kiryatH7157 →39 times
יְעָרִ֖יםJearim
yearimH7157 →39 times
וְהָֽרַבָּ֑הand <the> Rabbah
veharabahH7237 →
עָרִ֥יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
שְׁתַּ֖יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ סand 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
Joshua 18:14On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the…
it leads to
- Joshua 15:9
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
- 2 Samuel 6:2
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…
- 1 Samuel 7:1–2
Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
- Joshua 15:9
Through
1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:2–4
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…
- Psalms 132:6
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
- 1 Samuel 6:21
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
- Joshua 18:14
On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the…
- 1 Chronicles 13:5–7
So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
- 2 Samuel 6:2–4
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.