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Verse Joshua 15:62. _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 countr...
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List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four
divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,,
those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21; of “the val...
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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...
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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...
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Cities in the Wilderness
This section relates to the cities in "the Wilderness" between the
Mountain and the Dead Sea, and includes one Group of _six cities_:
1. _Beth-arabah_, see above, Joshua 15:...
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_Cities of Judah Joshua 15:20-63_
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward...
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_AND NIBSHAN, AND THE CITY OF SALT, AND ENGEDI; SIX CITIES WITH THEIR
VILLAGES._
Nibshan, х_ NIBSHAAN_ (H5044), light soil; Septuagint, Naflazoon;
Alexandrian, Nebsan]. Its position has not been disc...
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15:62 Ir-Hammelah, (f-4) i.e. City of salt....
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 15
V1 Joshua gave land to the *tribe of Ju...
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וְ הַ נִּבְשָׁ֥ן וְ עִיר־הַמֶּ֖לַח וְ
עֵ֣ין ג
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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...
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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...
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And Nibshan, and the (l) city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with
their villages.
(l) Of this city the salt sea has it's name....
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Salt. Bonfrere supposes it is Segor, which was preserved for Lot's
sake. --- Engaddi, which was famous for its balm and palm-trees, in
the desert of Jericho. (Solin. xxxv.) --- We may here remark that...
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The recital of the names of the cities of Judah ' s lot take up all
these verses. I think it unnecessary to make any observation upon
them, excepting in this general way. The Reader of discernment wil...
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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...
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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...
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AND NIBSHAN,.... Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere;
AND THE CITY OF SALT some take to be Zoar, so called because near the
salt sea, or where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt,
Genesi...
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_City of Salt_ So called, either from the salt sea, which was near it,
or from the salt which was made in, or about it....
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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...
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and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their
villages. Some of these cities, as those in the Philistine country,
were not occupied by the tribe of Judah, and others were in the...
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Catalog of the Cities of Judah....
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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...
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20-63 Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find
Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of
our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but...
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THE CITY OF SALT; so called either from the Salt Sea, which was near
it; or from the salt which was made in it, or about it....
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Joshua 15:62 Nibshan H5044 Salt H5898 Gedi H5872 six H8337 cities
H5892 villages H2691
Engedi - 1 S
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‘ In the Wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, and Nibshan,
and the City of Salt, and En-gedi. Six cities with their villages.'
The Wilderness of Judah was the barren rocky country, also called...
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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...
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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...
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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
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_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:...
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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
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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...
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1 Samuel 23:29; 2 Chronicles 20:2...