Joshua 18:22

New Living Translation

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Hebrew Names Version
and Beit-Ha`aravah, and Tzemaryim, and Beit-El,

King James Version
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Lexham English Bible
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

English Standard Version
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Century Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New English Translation
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Amplified Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

New American Standard Bible
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

Complete Jewish Bible
Beit-‘Aravah, Tz'marayim, Beit-El,

Darby Translation
and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Easy-to-Read Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

George Lamsa Translation
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Beth-el,

Good News Translation
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Literal Translation
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Betharaba, Zemaraim, Bethel,

American Standard Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Bible in Basic English
And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Betharabah, Samaraim, and Bethel.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

King James Version (1611)
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,

English Revised Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

Berean Standard Bible
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Betharacha, and Samaraym,

Young's Literal Translation
and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El,

Update Bible Version
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,

World English Bible
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

New King James Version
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Life Bible
Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

New Revised Standard
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,

Revised Standard Version
Beth-arabah, Zemara'im, Bethel,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph. ¹² The northern boundary of Benjamin's land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven. ¹³ From there the boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. ¹⁴ The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary. ¹⁵ The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From that western point it ran to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, ¹⁶ and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En-rogel. ¹⁷ From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben's son.) ¹⁸ From there it passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the Jordan Valley. The border then went down into the valley, ¹⁹ ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, which is the southern end of the Jordan River. This was the southern boundary. ²⁰ The eastern boundary was the Jordan River. These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Betharabah: Joshua 18:18, Joshua 15:6

Zemaraim: Genesis 10:18, 2 Chronicles 13:4

Bethel: 1 Kings 12:29-32

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:8 - of Bethel Judges 4:5 - between

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.

Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.

Genesis 19:1
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.

Psalms 106:23
So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn't help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

Jeremiah 18:20
Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.

Ezekiel 22:30
"I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

Acts 7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God's right hand.

1 Timothy 2:1
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Betharabah,.... Of the first of these,

:-;

and Zemaraim; one of the sons of Canaan was named Zemira,

Genesis 10:18; by whom this city Zemaraim might be built, or however have its name given it, in memory of him; there was a mountain of this name in the tribe of Ephraim, near to which this city might be, 2 Chronicles 13:4.

and Bethel; of the last of these, 2 Chronicles 13:4- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.