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Joshua 13:27

in Joshua 13

and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

KJV

And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Beth-aram - This city was rebuilt by Herod, and called Livias, in honor of Livia, the wife of Augustus. Josephus calls it Julias, Julia being the name which the Greeks commonly give to Livia. - Calmet. Succoth - A place between Jabbok and Jordan where Jacob pitched his tents, from which circumstance it obtained its name, see Gen 33:17.

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

Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon

Gad's share runs up the Jordan valley to the lake, which John Wesley calls the northern part of Sihon's kingdom. Adam Clarke records that Herod later rebuilt Beth-haram and named it Livias. Matthew Henry recalls Succoth from Gideon's story at Judges 8:5.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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,

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

The rest of the kingdom - The northern part of his kingdom.

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And in the valley, Betharam,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבָעֵ֡מֶקand in the valley

    uvaemekH6010 →69 times

  • בֵּ֣יתBeth

    beitH1027 →

  • הָרָם֩Haram

    haramH1027 →

  • וּבֵ֨יתand Beth

    uveitH1039 →

  • נִמְרָ֜הNimrah

    nimrahH1039 →

  • וְסֻכּ֣וֹתand Succoth

    vesukotH5523 →

  • וְצָפ֗וֹןand Zaphon

    vetzafonH6829 →

  • יֶ֚תֶר[the] remainder of

    yeterH3499 →102 times

  • מַמְלְכ֗וּת[the] kingdom of

    mamlekhutH4468 →9 times

  • סִיחוֹן֙Sihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןHeshbon

    cheshbonH2809 →38 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • וּגְבֻ֑לand a border

    ugevulH1366 →240 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • קְצֵה֙[the] end of

    ketzehH7097 →97 times

  • יָם־[the] sea of

    yom-H3220 →396 times

  • כִּנֶּ֔רֶתKinnereth

    kineretH3672 →7 times

  • עֵ֥בֶר[the] other side of

    ʾeverH5676 →90 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • מִזְרָֽחָה׃east -ward

    mizrachahH4217 →74 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Deuteronomy 3:17

    The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 12:3

      as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 14:3

      The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

  • Through

    Numbers 34:11

    then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 3:17

      The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

    • 2 Kings 23:33

      And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…

    • Joshua 11:2

      to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

  • Through

    Genesis 33:17

    but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 60:6

      God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

    • Judges 8:5

      So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

  • Through

    Joshua 11:2

    to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:27

      At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

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.