Joshua 15:29
in Joshua 15Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
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ASV
Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
KJV
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBaalah,.... Baalah was given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:3; for Baalah is the same with Balah there, as it is with Bilba, 1Ch 4:29; though according to the Jerusalem Talmud (i) it is the same with Baalah, given to the tribe of Dan, Jos 19:44; and was one of those places whose houses were in Judah and their fields in Dan: and Azem was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Jos 19:3; it is the same with Ezem, 1Ch 4:29, and Iim, of which we read nowhere else. (i) Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3.
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
Baalah, Iim, Ezem
Gill matches this Baalah with the Balah of 19:3 and the Bilhah of 1 Chronicles 4:29, so Simeon holds it too. It is a different town from the Baalah of verse 9, which is Kiriath-jearim. Ezem also passes to Simeon.
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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּעֲלָ֥ה | baalah | Baalah | H1173 → | 6 times |
| וְעִיִּ֖ים | veiyim | and Iim | H5864 → | |
| וָעָֽצֶם׃ | vaatzem | and Ezem | H6107 → |
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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 4:29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
it leads to
- Joshua 19:3–4
Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
- Joshua 19:3–4
Through
Joshua 19:3Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
it leads to
- Joshua 15:28–29
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Joshua 15:28–29
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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.