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Deuteronomy 34:3

And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Jericho;   Moses;   Palm Tree;   Pisgah;   Zoar;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jericho;   Palm-Tree;   Trees;   Zoar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Palm-Tree, the;   Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Moses;   Nebo;   Palm-Tree;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Food;   Jericho;   Moses;   Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Palm Tree;   Palm Trees, the City of;   Plain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bela;   Gomorrah;   Hazezon Tamar;   Jericho;   Palmtree;   Zoar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - City of Palm Trees;   Jericho;   Mountain;   Palms;   Palms, City of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Nebo;   Negeb,;   Palm Tree;   Plain, Cities of the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Jericho;   Joram;   Palm Tree;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Moses ;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   Zoar ;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - city of palm trees;   jericho;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jericho;   Palm tree;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Moses;   Palm palm tree;   Zoar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jericho;   Palm Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Champaign;   Cities of the Plain;   City of Palm Trees;   Deuteronomy;   Jericho;   Joshua (2);   Moses;   Nebo, Mount;   Palm Tree;   Pentateuch;   Plain;   Siddim, Vale of;   Vale;   Zoar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahriman;   Armilus;   Dan;   Essenes;   Jericho;   Kikkar;   Moab;   Moses;   Nebo, Mount;   Palm;   Simḥat Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the Negev, and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
Hebrew Names Version
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Yericho the city of palm trees, to Tzo`ar.
King James Version
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Lexham English Bible
and the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, on up to Zoar.
English Standard Version
the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
New Century Version
as well as the southern desert and the whole Valley of Jericho up to Zoar. (Jericho is called the city of palm trees.)
New English Translation
the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Amplified Bible
and the Negev (South country) and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
New American Standard Bible
and the Negev and the territory in the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the South, and the plaine of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palmetrees, vnto Zoar.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord also showed him the land in the south, from the valley near the town of Jericho, known as The City of Palm Trees, down to the town of Zoar.
Complete Jewish Bible
the Negev, and the ‘Aravah, including the valley where Yericho, the City of Date-Palms, as far away as Tzo‘ar.
Darby Translation
and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.
Easy-to-Read Version
He showed Moses the Negev and the valley that goes from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.
George Lamsa Translation
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Good News Translation
the southern part of Judah; and the plain that reaches from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.
Literal Translation
and the Negeb, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and towarde the south, and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar.
American Standard Version
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the south, and the playne of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palme trees [euen] vnto Zoar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
King James Version (1611)
And the South, and the plaine of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palme trees vnto Zoar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the wilderness, and the country round about Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Segor.
English Revised Version
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Berean Standard Bible
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the breede of the feeld of Jerico, of the citee of Palmes `til to Segor.
Young's Literal Translation
and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar.
Update Bible Version
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.
World English Bible
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
New King James Version
the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
New Living Translation
the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.
New Life Bible
the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
New Revised Standard
the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the South, - and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far as Zoar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the south part, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho the city of palm trees as far as Segor.
Revised Standard Version
the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zo'ar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Contextual Overview

1 And Moses went up from the table-lands of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah which is facing Jericho. And the Lord let him see all the land, the land of Gilead as far as Dan; 2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, as far as the Great Sea of the west; 3 And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar. 4 And the Lord said to him, This is the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: now I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go in there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the city of palm: Judges 1:16, Judges 3:13, 2 Chronicles 28:15

Zoar: Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 19:22, Numbers 34:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:10 - the plain Genesis 19:30 - Zoar Joshua 11:16 - all that land Jeremiah 48:34 - Zoar Zechariah 7:7 - the south

Cross-References

Ruth 1:14
Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
1 Samuel 18:1
Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and David became as dear to him as his very life.
2 Samuel 19:7
So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.
2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Isaiah 40:2
Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
Hosea 2:14
For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the south,.... The southern part of the land, even all of it; and having shown him that, he is directed eastward to take a view of

the plain of the valley of Jericho; which lay before him, a delightful plain; see Joshua 5:10;

the city of palm trees; so Jericho was called, because of the multitude of palm trees which grew there, and which Josephus not only testifies r, who speaks of it as a plain planted with palm trees, and from whence balsam comes; but several Heathen writers: Pliny says s Jericho was set with palm trees; Diodorus Siculus t speaks of the country about Jericho as abounding with palm trees, and in a certain valley, meaning the vale or plains of Jericho, is produced that which is called balsam; so Strabo says u, Jericho is a plain surrounded with mountains abounding with palm trees, where there is a plantation of palm trees, with other fruit trees, the space of a hundred furlongs:

unto Zoar; near the salt sea; see Genesis 19:22.

r De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 18. sect. 5. & l. 4. c. 8. sect. 2. s Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 14. t Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 132. u Geograph. l. 16. p. 525.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto Zoar - Compare Genesis 19:22.


 
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