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Joshua 18:17

in Joshua 18

From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;

KJV

And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

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This verse in Joshua 18

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And was drawn from the north,.... Turning northward, and looking that way from the west to the east: and went forth to Enshemesh; or the fountain of the sun, see Jos 15:7, and went forth toward Geliloth; called Gilgal, Jos 15:7, which is over against the going up to Adummim; a place between Jerusalem and Jericho, see Jos 15:7, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; see Jos 15:6.

This site's exposition

The first lot came up for the clans

on Joshua 18:11-20

Benjamin draws first and gets a strip between Judah and Joseph. The southern border is Judah's northern line from 15:5-9 traced in reverse. Barnes holds that the text of this chapter and the next is in disorder and that many places named can no longer be located.

This site's exposition

the Ascent of Adummim

From En-rogel the line heads east toward the Jordan. Gill matches each point to Judah's line at 15:6-7, where Geliloth appears as Gilgal and the Ascent of Adummim lies between Jerusalem and Jericho. Clarke reads Geliloth as a common noun for borders and En-shemesh as the spring of the sun.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

En-shemesh - The fountain of the sun; a proof of the idolatrous nature of the ancient inhabitants of this land. Geliloth - As the word signifies borders or limits, it is probably not the proper name of a place: And went forth towards the Borders which are over against the ascent to Adummim.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • וְתָאַ֣רand it turns

    vetaarH8388 →8 times

  • מִצָּפ֗וֹןfrom [the] north

    mitzafonH6828 →153 times

  • וְיָצָא֙and it goes out

    veyatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • עֵ֣יןEn

    ʾeinH5885 →4 times

  • שֶׁ֔מֶשׁShemesh

    shemeshH5885 →4 times

  • וְיָצָא֙and it goes out

    veyatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גְּלִיל֔וֹתGeliloth

    gelilotH1553 →

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נֹ֖כַח[is] opposite

    nokhachH5227 →

  • מַעֲלֵ֣ה[the] ascent of

    maalehH4608 →18 times

  • אֲדֻמִּ֑יםAdummim

    ʾadumimH131 →

  • וְיָרַ֕דand it goes down

    veyaradH3381 →381 times

  • אֶ֥בֶן[the] stone of

    ʾevenH68 →273 times

  • בֹּ֖הַןBohan

    bohanH932 →

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • רְאוּבֵֽן׃Reuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

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

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The walk

1 stop

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

    Joshua 15:6

    The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 18:19–21

      The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

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.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 18 →

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) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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