Joshua 13:26
in Joshua 13the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
KJV
And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseRamath-mizpeh - The same as Ramoth-gilead. It was one of the cities of refuge, Jos 20:8; Deu 4:47. Mahanaim - Or the two camps. Situated on the northern side of the brook Jabbok, celebrated for the vision of the two camps of angels which Jacob had there; see Gen 32:2.
This site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad
on Joshua 13:24-31
Gad inherits Jacob's ground, since Mahanaim is where Jacob met the angels of God at Genesis 32:1-2. Adam Clarke identifies Ramath-mizpeh with Ramoth-gilead, a city of refuge at Joshua 20:8 and the field where Ahab dies. Manasseh receives the sixty towns of Jair, named by Jair at Numbers 32:41.
This site's exposition
from Mahanaim to the border of Debir
Mahanaim appears in both Gad's line and Manasseh's. John Wesley settles it by reading Gad's border as stopping short of the town, which he places in Manasseh beyond the Jabbok. Joshua 21:38, however, lists Mahanaim among the Levite towns taken from Gad.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
Ramath-mizpeh - Called Ramoth-Gilead, or Ramoth in Gilead. Mahanaim - Exclusively; for Mahanaim was in the portion of Manasseh, beyond Jabbok, which was the border of Gad and Manasseh.
Succoth and Penuel, which we read of in the story of Gideon, were in this tribe; and that forest which is called the wood of Ephraim (from the slaughter Jephthah made there of the Ephraimites), in which Absalom's rebellious army was beaten, while his father David lay at Mahanaim, one of the frontier-cities of this tribe,
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim,....
Sharon, famous for roses, was in this tribe. And within the limits of this tribe lived those Gadarenes that loved their swine better than their Saviour, fitter to be called Girgashites than Israelites. [3.] The lot of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן | umecheshbon | and from Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| רָמַ֥ת | ramat | Ramath | H7434 → | |
| הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה | hamitzpeh | <the> Mizpah | H7434 → | |
| וּבְטֹנִ֑ים | uvetonim | and Betonim | H993 → | |
| וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם | umimachanayim | and from Mahanaim | H4266 → | 13 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| לִדְבִֽר׃ | lidvir | Lo Debar | H1688 → | 14 times |
וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹןand from Heshbon
umecheshbonH2809 →38 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
רָמַ֥תRamath
ramatH7434 →
הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה<the> Mizpah
hamitzpehH7434 →
וּבְטֹנִ֑יםand Betonim
uvetonimH993 →
וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִםand from Mahanaim
umimachanayimH4266 →13 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
לִדְבִֽר׃Lo Debar
lidvirH1688 →14 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
Judges 11:29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
it leads to
- Numbers 11:25
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit…
- Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
- Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Numbers 11:25
Through
2 Samuel 17:27When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:7
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 10:1–2
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
- 2 Samuel 9:4
“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
- 1 Kings 2:7
Through
Judges 10:17Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
it leads to
- Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- Judges 11:29
Through
2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:50
His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
- 1 Samuel 14:50
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.