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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Joshua 15:5,6

The end of Jordan The place where Jordan runs into the salt sea. The stone of Bohan A place so called, not from Bohan's dwelling there, (for the Reubenites had no portion on this side Jordan,) but from some notable exploit which he did there, though it is not recorded in Scripture.

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See also Joshua 15:5,6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 15:5. _THE EAST BORDER WAS THE SALT SEA_] The Salt Sea is the same as the Dead Sea, lake Asphaltites, c. And here it is intimated that the eastern border of the tribe of Judah extended al...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BAY. tongue....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the east border_ "Till to the laste partis of Jordan," Wyclif. This was the Salt Sea in all its extent from south to north, even "unto the end of Jordan," i. e. to the point where it enters the D...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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:_ The east border was the salt se...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The E. Frontier, viz. the Dead Sea. 5-11. The N. Frontier. Cp. the account in Joshua 18:15 of the S. Frontier of Benjamin. This is by far the most complicated of the four frontiers, but its line can...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEIR BORDER IN THE NORTH QUARTER. — This can be followed with the Ordnance Survey of Palestine, and is described by Conder in the following way: — “It started from the Jordan mouth, but did not appar...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ גְב֥וּל קֵ֨דְמָה֙ יָ֣ם הַ מֶּ֔לַח עַד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the (b) end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: (b) Meaning the mouth...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jordan, where it discharges itself into the Dead Sea, or mixes its waters with the latter; which, as we observe, (chap. v. 16,) does not take place for three miles. (Haydock) --- the north-western pa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE EAST BORDER [WAS] THE SALT SEA, [EVEN] UNTO THE END OF JORDAN,.... To the place where Jordan fell into it; so that this border was the whole length of the salt sea, which Josephus says y was f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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._]...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end, the mouth, OF JORDAN. AND THEIR BORDER IN THE NORTH QUARTER, on the north side, WAS FROM THE BAY OF THE SEA AT THE UTTERMOST PART OF JORDAN, ju...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Boundaries of Judah....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE END OF JORDAN, i.e. the place where Jordan runs into the Salt Sea....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 15:5 east H6924 border H1366 Salt H4417 Sea H3220 mouth H7097 Jordan H3383 border H1366 northern H6828 quarter...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Joshua 15:5 A ‘And the east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of Jordan.' The east border of Judah was simple. It went from below the Dead Sea and along its western side up to where the Jorda...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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:...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Numbers 34:12...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The end of Jordan — That is, the place where Jordan runs into the salt — sea....

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