约书亚记 16:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

又向西下到押利提人的境界，去到下伯．和崙和基色的境界，直通到海。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 往 西 下 到 押 利 提 人 的 境 界 ， 到 下 伯 和 仑 的 境 界 ， 直 到 基 色 ， 通 到 海 为 止 。

Contextual Overview

¹ This is the land the tribe of Joseph received. It started at the Jordan River near Jericho and continued to the waters of Jericho, just east of the city. The border went up from Jericho to the mountains of Bethel. ² Then it continued from Bethel (also called Luz) to the Arkite border at Ataroth. ³ From there it went west to the border of the Japhletites and continued to the area of the Lower Beth Horon. Then it went to Gezer and ended at the sea. ⁴ So Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, received their land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethhoron: Eusebius says that the two Beth-horons were twelve miles from Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus: of which the one, called upper Beth-horon, from its situation, was built - rebuilt by Solomon, and the other, called nether Beth-horon, was given to the Levites. Josephus places Beth-oron about 100 furlongs from Jerusalem. Dr. Clarke mentions an Arab village called Bethoor, about twelve miles from Jerusalem, a small distance from Rama, which he supposes, from its situation on a hill, to be Beth-horon the upper. Joshua 18:13, 1 Kings 9:15-17, 1 Chronicles 7:24, 1 Chronicles 7:28, 2 Chronicles 8:5

Gezer: Probably the בזבסב of Eusebius, four miles from Nicopolis.

the sea: Numbers 34:6

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:10 - Bethhoron Joshua 10:33 - Gezer Joshua 16:8 - the sea Joshua 17:9 - the outgoings Joshua 21:22 - Bethhoron 1 Samuel 13:18 - Bethhoron 1 Kings 9:17 - Bethhoron 1 Chronicles 6:67 - Gezer 1 Chronicles 20:4 - Gezer

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.

Genesis 16:4
Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar learned she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai badly.

Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is your fault. I gave my slave girl to you, and when she became pregnant, she began to treat me badly. Let the Lord decide who is right—you or me."

Genesis 25:6
But before Abraham died, he did give gifts to the sons of his other wives, then sent them to the East to be away from Isaac.

Genesis 28:9
Now Esau already had wives, but he went to Ishmael son of Abraham, and he married Mahalath, Ishmael's daughter. Mahalath was the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 30:4
So Rachel gave Bilhah, her slave girl, to Jacob as a wife, and he had sexual relations with her.

Genesis 30:9
Leah saw that she had stopped having children, so she gave her slave girl Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 32:22
During the night Jacob rose and crossed the Jabbok River at the crossing, taking with him his two wives, his two slave girls, and his eleven sons.

Genesis 35:22
While Israel was there, Reuben had sexual relations with Israel's slave woman Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons.

2 Samuel 5:13
After he came from Hebron, David took for himself more slave women and wives in Jerusalem. More sons and daughters were born to David.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti,.... This place is now unknown, though no doubt well known to the sons of Joseph, when this lot fell to them, and its border was described:

unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether: so called to distinguish it from Bethhoron the upper, Joshua 16:5; this was about twelve miles from Jerusalem; Joshua 16:5- :; and to Gezer: which was about a day's journey from Bethhoron, as appears from the passages in the Apocrypha:

"39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, where an host out of Syria met him. 40 But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying, ... 45 Then they pursued after them a day's journey, from Adasa unto Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets.'' (1 Maccabees 7)

Jerom c says in his time it was a village called Gazara, four miles from Nicopolis, or Emmaus. It is the same with Gadara, as it is sometimes called by Josephus, who says d, the tribe of Ephraim took in the land from the river Jordan to Gadara; this was a royal city; see

Joshua 10:33;

and the outgoings thereof are at the sea: the Mediterranean sea.

c De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A. d Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of Japhleti - Rather “of the Japhletite.” All history of the name is lost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 16:3. Beth-horon the nether — This city was about twelve miles from Jerusalem, on the side of Nicopolis, formerly Emmaus. - CALMET. Joshua 10:10.