Joshua 15:62 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 15:62

Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.

BSB

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ASV

and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

KJV

And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The city of Salt - Or of Melach. This city was somewhere in the vicinity of the lake Asphaltites, the waters of which are the saltest perhaps in the world. The whole country abounds with salt: see the note on Gen 19:25. Some suppose that it is the same as Zoar, the place to which Lot escaped after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. En-gedi - The well of the kid: it was situated between Jericho and the lake of Sodom or Dead Sea.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַנִּבְשָׁ֥ן	ve.ha.niv.Shan	and <the> Nibshan	H5044 →
וְעִיר־	ve.'ir-	and [the] city of	H5898 →
הַמֶּ֖לַח	ha.Me.lach	<the> Salt	H5898 →
וְעֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and En	H5872 →
גֶּ֑דִי	Ge.di	Gedi	H5872 →
עָרִ֥ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
שֵׁ֖שׁ	shesh	six	H8337 →
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃	ve.chatz.rei.Hen	and villages their	H2691 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 20:2
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
leads to
- Genesis 14:7
  Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 23:29
  And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
- Joshua 3:16
  the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Genesis 14:3
  The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Through
1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 1:14
  My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2
  Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
- Ezekiel 47:10
  Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
- 1 Samuel 24:1
  After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”