Joshua 15:26
in Joshua 15Amam, Shema, Moladah,
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Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
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Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAmam,.... Of Amam we read nowhere else: and Shema is thought by some to be the same with Sheba, though wrongly, given afterwards to the tribe of Simeon, as was also Moladah, mentioned with it, Jos 19:2, and Moladah; it is also spoken of in 1Ch 4:28, and seems to be the same with Malathi or Malatis, about twenty miles from Hebron (f). (f) Vid. Reland. Palest. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 885, 886.
This site's exposition
This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah
on Joshua 15:20-32
The cities are grouped by region, and this run covers the dry south toward Edom. A list like this is a legal record of title, which is why later books can argue from it. Beersheba stands in the middle of it at verse 28, already old by Genesis 21:31.
This site's exposition
Amam, Shema, Moladah
Moladah passes to Simeon at 19:2, one of the towns Judah gave up when its share proved too large for it, as 19:9 explains. It was still inhabited after the exile, since Nehemiah 11:26 names it among the towns where Judah lived. Gill finds Amam nowhere else.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.
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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.
The walk
3 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
1 Chronicles 4:28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
it leads to
- Joshua 19:2–3
Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
- Joshua 19:9
The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
- Joshua 15:28–29
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Joshua 19:2–3
Where this verse is studied
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About Joshua
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and The Berean Standard Bible, Joshua 15, with the verses cited in the note.