Joshua 18:25
in Joshua 18Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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This verse in Joshua 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseGibeon,.... Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived Joshua, Jos 9:3. Jerom says (p), in his time there was a village shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near Ramah, next mentioned: and Ramah, which Jerom relates (q) was six miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel.
This site's exposition
Now the cities of the
on Joshua 18:21-28
Jericho heads Benjamin's city list, the town Joshua cursed at 6:26, and 1 Kings 16:34 records that curse falling on Hiel of Bethel generations later. Gibeon, Chephirah and Beeroth are three of the four Gibeonite towns of chapter 9, so the men Joshua swore to spare end up living inside this tribe's inheritance. Gaba at verse 24 and Gibeath at verse 28 are Gibeah, the town of Judges 19 and 20 that nearly cost Benjamin its existence and later the home of Saul at 1 Samuel 11:4; Mizpeh at verse 26 is where Israel gathers to judge that crime at Judges 20:1. Verse 28 places Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, in Benjamin's list, while 15:63 records Judah failing to drive the Jebusites out and Judges 1:21 records Benjamin failing, and both accounts stand as written.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The testimony of Israel and the thrones of judgment do well together, Ps. cxxii. Some think there was an eye to the name of the place, Shiloh being the name by which the Messiah was known in dying Jacob's prophecy ( Gen. xlix.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Gibeon - See before, Jos 10:1-14 (note). This place is famous for the confederacy of the five kings against Israel, and their miraculous defeat. Ramah, a place about six or eight miles north of Jerusalem. Beeroth, i.e., wells; one of the four cities which belonged to the Gibeonites, who made peace with the Israelites by stratagem. See Jos 9:3-15.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גִּבְע֥וֹן | givon | Gibeon | H1391 → | 38 times |
| וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה | veharamah | and <the> Ramah | H7414 → | 36 times |
| וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃ | uveerot | and Beeroth | H881 → |
גִּבְע֥וֹןGibeon
givonH1391 →38 times
וְהָֽרָמָ֖הand <the> Ramah
veharamahH7414 →36 times
וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃and Beeroth
uveerotH881 →
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
Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
it leads to
- Matthew 2:16–18
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years…
- Psalms 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 40:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem…
- Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Matthew 2:16–18
Through
Joshua 10:2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Exodus 15:14–16
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- Deuteronomy 11:25
Through
Joshua 9:17So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
it leads to
- Ezra 2:25
the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
- Ezra 2:25
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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); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.