Joshua 19:42
in Joshua 19Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
KJV
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Shaalabbin,.... The first of these is the same with Shaalbim, Jdg 1:35; and which Jerom (r) calls Selab, in the tribe of Dan; and which he says was in his day shown a large village on the borders of Sebaste, by the name of Selaba. and Ajalon is famous for the standing still of the moon in its valley while Joshua pursued his enemies; see Gill on Jos 10:12, and Jethlah, of which we read nowhere else. (r) De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K.
This site's exposition
The seventh lot came out
on Joshua 19:40-46
Dan draws last and is set down on the Philistine edge, between Judah and the sea. Zorah and Eshtaol open the list at verse 41, the towns of Samson's birth at Judges 13:2, of the Spirit's first moving at Judges 13:25 and of his burial at Judges 16:31. Ekron at verse 43 was already written into Judah at 15:45 and remains Philistine all through the books of Samuel.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Shaalabbin - The foxes. Of this city the Amorites kept constant possession. See Jdg 1:35. Ajalon - There was a place of this name about two miles from Nicopolis or Emmaus, on the road to Jerusalem. - Calmet.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the seventh lot came out for the tribe . . . Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַֽׁעֲלַבִּ֥ין | veshaalabin | and Shaalabbin | H8169 → | |
| וְאַיָּל֖וֹן | veaiyalon | and Aijalon | H357 → | 10 times |
| וְיִתְלָֽה׃ | veyitlah | and Ithlah | H3494 → |
וְשַֽׁעֲלַבִּ֥יןand Shaalabbin
veshaalabinH8169 →
וְאַיָּל֖וֹןand Aijalon
veaiyalonH357 →10 times
וְיִתְלָֽה׃and Ithlah
veyitlahH3494 →
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 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:11
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Isaiah 38:8
I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
- Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Joshua 10:13
So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of…
- Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing…
- Habakkuk 3:11
Through
1 Samuel 14:31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
it leads to
- Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 10:12
Through
Judges 1:35And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
it leads to
- Judges 12:12
Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
- Judges 12:12
Through
Joshua 21:24Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:69
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:69
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.