Joshua 19:3
in Joshua 19Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
KJV
And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Azem,
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the second lot came forth
on Joshua 19:1-9
Simeon draws second and receives no territory of its own, only towns cut out of Judah, and verse 9 gives the reason plainly, that Judah's part was too much for them. Genesis 49:7 said of Simeon and Levi that God would divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel, and both sentences come due in this book: Levi takes cities among all the tribes in chapter 21, and Simeon takes towns inside another tribe here. Moses blesses every tribe by name in Deuteronomy 33 and Simeon is the one name absent from that chapter. Ziklag stands at verse 5 and is already listed to Judah at 15:31, and Achish hands it to David at 1 Samuel 27:6.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Hazarshual,.... See Gill on Jos 15:28, and Balah, and Azem; of these places see Gill on Jos 15:29; for Balah is the same with Baalah there, and with Bilhah 1Ch 4:29; and Azem with Ezem there.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Hazar-shual - For this and several of the following places, see the notes on Jos 15:32.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַחֲצַ֥ר | vachatzar | and Hazar | H2705 → | 8 times |
| שׁוּעָ֛ל | shual | Shual | H2705 → | 8 times |
| וּבָלָ֖ה | uvalah | and Balah | H1088 → | |
| וָעָֽצֶם׃ | vaatzem | and Ezem | H6107 → |
וַחֲצַ֥רand Hazar
vachatzarH2705 →8 times
שׁוּעָ֛לShual
shualH2705 →8 times
וּבָלָ֖הand Balah
uvalahH1088 →
וָעָֽצֶם׃and Ezem
vaatzemH6107 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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.