Joshua 19:3
in Joshua 19Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
KJV
And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Azem,
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The second lot came out
on Joshua 19:1-9
Simeon draws second and receives only towns cut out of Judah. Genesis 49:7 said of Simeon and Levi, "I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel". This book fulfils both, Levi in cities among all the tribes in chapter 21 and Simeon in towns inside Judah.
This site's exposition
Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem
All three names stand in Judah's southern list at 15:28-29, which shows these towns carved from Judah's portion. Gill matches Balah with Baalah there and with Bilhah in the Simeonite list of 1 Chronicles 4:29. Hazar-shual was resettled after the exile at Nehemiah 11:27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Hazarshual,.... See Gill on Jos 15:28, and Balah, and Azem; of these places see Gill on Jos 15:29; for Balah is the same with Baalah there, and with Bilhah 1Ch 4:29; and Azem with Ezem there.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Hazar-shual - For this and several of the following places, see the notes on Jos 15:32.
The words behind it
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַחֲצַ֥ר | vachatzar | and Hazar | H2705 → | 8 times |
| שׁוּעָ֛ל | shual | Shual | H2705 → | 8 times |
| וּבָלָ֖ה | uvalah | and Balah | H1088 → | |
| וָעָֽצֶם׃ | vaatzem | and Ezem | H6107 → |
וַחֲצַ֥רand Hazar
vachatzarH2705 →8 times
שׁוּעָ֛לShual
shualH2705 →8 times
וּבָלָ֖הand Balah
uvalahH1088 →
וָעָֽצֶם׃and Ezem
vaatzemH6107 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 19, with the verses cited in the note.