And the border was drawn thence From the mountain south of Beth-horon the boundary line of Benjamin trended in a southerly direction towards "Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah."

compassed On "compass," see above, note on ch. Joshua 15:3.

Kirjath-jearim See above, note on Joshua 9:17.

this was the west quarter The word here rendered quarter, = (i) a mouth, then (ii) a side, which is turned to any quarter of the heavens. The Eastern boundary was formed by the Jordan, see Joshua 18:20.

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