Joshua 15:1 [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 the south coast. Ver. 1. _This then was the lot of the tribe, &c._] The lot came forth, up, or out Joshua 19:1 _; Jos... [ Continue Reading ]
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Ver. 2. _And their south border._] See Numbers 34:2. Where God doth, as it were, draw a map of Canaan, and showeth the bounds of it on every side. _ From the bay that looketh southward._] Heb., From the... [ Continue Reading ]
And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: Ver. 3. _To Maalehacrabbim,_] _i.e., _ To the ascent of scorpions, or of the mountains... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua 15:4 [From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. Ver. 4. _This shall be your south coast._] It is God that "determineth the times before appointed, and the bounds of our habitati... [ Continue Reading ]
And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: Ver. 5. _The salt sea._] The lake of Sodom, into which the river Jordan runneth, and there endeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Ver. 6. _To the stone of Bohan._] Which had its name for some unknown reason: so Migdalgad. Jos 15:37... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that [is] before the going up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: Ver. 7. _At E... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward: Ver. 8. _By the v... [ Continue Reading ]
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] Kirjathjearim: Ver. 9. _Which is Kirjathjearim,_] _i.e., _ _Urbs nemorum._ Vat.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Timnah: Ver. 10. _Unto mount Seir._] Not that of the Idumeans, but another of that name, from its rou... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. Ver. 11. _Unto the side of Ekron._] Where Beelzebub was worshipped. Hence _Acheron_ for hell,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the west border [was] to the great sea, and the coast [thereof]. This [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families._ Ver. 12. _The great sea,_] _i.e., _ The midland sea, great in comparison of the lakes of Palestine, called also seas.... [ Continue Reading ]
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba the father of Anak, which [city is] Hebron. Ver. 13. _And unto Caleb._] See Joshua 14:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Ver. 14. _And Caleb drove thence._] _Nos quoque militemus,_ Heaven is not to be had _sine sanguine et sudore,_ without pains, patience, violence.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher. Ver. 15. _And the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher._] Which signifieth a city of books, as Debir doth a secret and sacred place. Some think it was a University, or at least, that there was a f... [ Continue Reading ]
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Ver. 16. _To him will I give Achsah my daughter._] Yet with her consent, who as she was not to be forced, Genesis 24:51 _; _ Gen 24:57 so she might not refuse without reason, and say - “ _N... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife._ Ver. 17. _The son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb._] So that Othniel and Achsah were brothers' children. Hence some infer the lawfulness of such marriages now.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, as she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? Ver. 18. _She moved him to ask._] Or, She moved her husband that she might ask another field. Covetousness is never contented, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. Ver. 19. _Give me also springs of water,_] _i.e., _ Other lands well watered, whence we may derive water to the rest. _ And he gave her th... [ Continue Reading ]