and the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir, a small range of hills, and passed along unto the side of Mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, toward the north, a wooded hill, now called Kesia, and went down, on the other side of the mountain, to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah, later the home of Samson, Judges 14:1;
Verse Joshua 15:10. _BETH-SHEMESH_] The _house_ or _temple of the sun_. It is evident that the _sun_ was an object of adoration among the Canaanites; and hence _fountains, hills_, c., were dedicated...
Mount Seir is not the well-known range of Edom. The name ( “shaggy mountain”) is applicable to any rugged or well-wooded hill. Here it probably denotes the range which runs southwestward from Kirjath-...
3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conques...
JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out h...
_and the border compassed_ = it "beat round," "took a circuit;" and see above, Joshua 15:3. _unto mount Seir_ not the Edomite range (Genesis 32:3; Numbers 24:18), but the range, which lies between the...
_Borders of Judah Joshua 15:1-12_ This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of th...
_AND THE BORDER WAS DRAWN FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL UNTO THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF NEPHTOAH, AND WENT OUT TO THE CITIES OF MOUNT EPHRON; AND THE BORDER WAS DRAWN TO BAALAH, WHICH IS KIRJATH-JE'ARIM:...
15:10 Har-jearim, (b-17) Or 'the mountain of Jearim.'...
MOUNT SEIR] in Judah, distinct from the Mt. Seir in Edom. BETH-SHEMESH TIMNAH] in Dan....
THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE TERRITORY It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descriptio...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 15 V1 Joshua gave land to the *tribe of Ju...
MOUNT SEIR. — Of course, entirely distinct from the place in Edom, but not precisely identified. CHESALON is identified with _Kesla,_ two and a quarter miles due north of _Khurbet ’Erma,_ on sheet 17...
וְ נָסַב֩ הַ גְּב֨וּל מִ בַּעֲלָ֥ה יָ֨מָּה֙
CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1. JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been destined...
In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies o...
Before the distribution of the land had gone too far, it was appropriate for Caleb to come to Joshua and remind him of the promise God had made (Numbers 14:21-24; Deuteronomy 1:35-36). Caleb says he w...
_Bethsames, "the house of the sun," was at the same distance, westward. Here the sight of the ark proved so fatal to 50,070 of the inhabitants, 1 Kings vi. 19. (Calmet)_...
The particularity of Judah's lot in the statement of his boundaries, renders it unnecessary to explain it by a comment. If the Reader be fond of tracing the geographical situation of Judah's province,...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
AND THE BORDER COMPASSED FROM BAALAH WESTWARD UNTO MOUNT SEIR,.... Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjeari...
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Ti...
1 The borders of the lot of Iudah. 13 Calebs portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife. 18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The Cities of Iuda...
THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south of J...
1-12 Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their por...
MOUNT SEIR; not that of Edom, but another so called from some resemblance it had with that in quality. BETHSHEMESH: there were divers cities of this name; this in Judah here, and JOSHUA 21:16 2 KINGS...
Joshua 15:10 border H1366 turned H5437 (H8738) westward H3220 Baalah H1173 Mount H2022 Seir H8165 passed H5674 ...
‘ And the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the shoulder (sloping hillside) of mount Jearim on the north, the same is Chesalon, and went down to Bethshemesh,...
CONTENTS: Land divisions; the portion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Caleb, Othniel, Achsah. CONCLUSION: It is no breach of God's law moderately to desire those comforts and conveniences of life...
Joshua 15:1. _This then was the lot of Judah._ After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rather...
_This then was the lot of _. .. _ Judah._ THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH Judah was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Judah and the sons of Joseph...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:1 As the distribution of western lands begins, the important tribe of JUDAH receives its land first. The tribal boundaries are described (vv. Joshua 1
_THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JOSHUA 15:1. This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Joshua 15:...
EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH. JOSHUA 15:1 THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3, wh
So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah, going over at one point, clear to the Mediterranean, the area of...
1 Samuel 6:12; Genesis 38:13; Joshua 15:57; Judges 14:1; Judges 14:5...
Mount Seir — Not that of Edom, but another so called from some resemblance it had to it....