Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
WEB
Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
YLT
and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages.
DBT
and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period