Joshua 21:29
in Joshua 21Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
KJV
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En–gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
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This verse in Joshua 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
unto the children of Gershon
on Joshua 21:27-40
Gershon takes the north and Merari takes Zebulun with Reuben and Gad beyond Jordan, and four of the six refuge cities stand inside these verses at 27, 32, 36 and 38. Kedesh in Galilee is the town Deborah sends to for Barak at Judges 4:6, and Ramoth in Gilead is where Ahab dies in 1 Kings 22:29-37. Heshbon at verse 39 had been Sihon's royal city in Numbers 21:26, and Mahanaim at verse 38 is where Jacob met the angels in Genesis 32:2 and where David sheltered from Absalom in 2 Samuel 17:24. Levites are settled in towns that were Amorite capitals one generation earlier.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Jarmuth with her suburbs,.... Called Ramoth, 1Ch 6:73; very probably the same with Remeth, Jos 19:21, Engannim with her suburbs; called Anem, 1Ch 6:73, four cities; so many are mentioned by name.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַרְמוּת֙ | yarmut | Jarmuth | H3412 → | 7 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵ֥ין | ʾein | En | H5873 → | 6 times |
| גַּנִּ֖ים | ganim | Gannim | H5873 → | 6 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| עָרִ֖ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אַרְבַּֽע׃ ס | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַרְמוּת֙Jarmuth
yarmutH3412 →7 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵ֥יןEn
ʾeinH5873 →6 times
גַּנִּ֖יםGannim
ganimH5873 →6 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
עָרִ֖יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
אַרְבַּֽע׃ סfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 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 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:9
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
- Micah 1:13
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
- 2 Samuel 2:11
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
- Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- 2 Chronicles 11:9
Through
Joshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
it leads to
- Joshua 10:31–32
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- Joshua 10:31–32
Through
Joshua 10:23So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
it leads to
- Joshua 10:3
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:1
Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of…
- Joshua 10:3
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.