and Zeiah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, later known as Gibeah of Saul, 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 15:34, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages, all of them in the western part of Benjamin's territory. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Verse Joshua 18:28. _AND ZELAH_] This was the burying-place of Saul, Jonathan, and the family of _Kish_. See 2 Samuel 21:14. _JEBUSI, WHICH IS JERUSALEM_] We often meet with this name, and it is evi...
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...
6. THE PORTION OF THE REST OF THE TRIBES CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The tabernacle at Shiloh (Joshua 18:1)_ 2. The remaining seven tribes (Joshua 18:2) 3. The lot of Benjamin (Joshua 18:11) The tabernacle of...
The Cities of Benjamin 21. _Now the cities_ The cities here enumerated fall into two groups, (_a) the first_of _twelve_lying on the _east_, (_b) the second_of _fourteen_lying on the _west_. 1. _Jeri...
_AND ZELAH, ELEPH, AND JEBUSI, WHICH IS JERUSALEM, GIBEATH, AND KIRJATH; FOURTEEN CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES. THIS IS THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES._ Zelah,...
18:28 Jebusi, (c-5) Lit. 'the Jebusite.'...
THE SECOND ALLOTMENT. INTRODUCTION. THE TERRITORY OF BENJAMIN 1-10. These vv supply an introduction to the second allotment in general, and agree with the passages which, in common with Judges 1, view...
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 18 V1 All the *Israelites met together at...
THE INHERITANCE OF BENJAMIN. (11-28) THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN. — It can have been by no accident that their lot came forth “between Judah and Joseph.” No wiser method could hav...
וְ צֵלַ֡ע הָ אֶ֜לֶף וְ הַ יְבוּסִ֨י
CHAPTER XXVI. THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLETED. Joshua Chs. 18, 19. AN event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are in a measure provided for, and it is time to set in o...
An important event is now recorded. The Tent of Meeting was erected at Shiloh. No reason is given for the choice of Shiloh. It certainly was central to the country and perhaps that is the simplest exp...
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] (n) Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families....
_Jebus. The city was called Salem in the days of Abraham, Genesis xiv. 18., and Psalm lxxv. 3. St. Jerome supposes that Melchisedec resided near Scythopolis, at Salem. (Genesis xxxiii. 17., ep. ad Eva...
I do not think it necessary to detain the Reader with many observations on these verses. The principal things to be noticed concerning Benjamin's lot, are the spots which were made memorable in them;...
REFLECTIONS My soul! while beholding the Israelites busily engaged, as this Chapter represents them, setting up the tabernacle in Shiloh; do thou let thy meditation take wing, and behold that true tab...
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...
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...
AND ZELAHEATH,.... Zelah was the buryingplace of Saul and his family, 2 Samuel 21:14. ELEPH is nowhere else mentioned; some join it with Zelah, and make one city of it, but then the number of cities...
_And Jebusi, which is Jerusalem_ See Joshua 15:63, where it is reckoned to the tribe of Judah; for both that tribe and Benjamin had an interest in it, as we have there stated. _The inheritance of the...
1 The Tabernacle is set vp at Shiloh. 2 The remainder of the land is described, and diuided into seuen parts. 10 Ioshua diuideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border of Beniamin. 21 Their cities. 1 A...
SURVEYING AND DIVIDING THE REST OF THE LAND (vs.1-10) Though Jerusalem was God's purposed center for Israel, they had not been able to take this city from the Jebusites, so that they found Shiloh in...
11-28 The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the...
WHICH IS JERUSALEM: so it seems this city did properly and primarily belong to Benjamin, although the tribe of Judah had also an interest in it, either because some part of it was allotted to them, or...
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THE ALLOTMENTS TO THE TRIBES (JOSHUA 18:11 TO JOSHUA 19:51). We now have indicated how the lot divided the land among the seven remaining tribes. 1). THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN (JOSHUA 18:11)....
CONTENTS: Tabernacle set up; apportionment of land to seven tribes. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, three surveyors. CONCLUSION: Many Christians stand in their own light and forsake their own mercies for t...
Joshua 18:1. _Israel assembled together at Shiloh._ This city stood on a hill, fifteen miles from Jerusalem and ten from Shechem; and not far north of Beth-el and Ai. Here the ark rested in the centre...
_The whole congregation _. .. _ assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle._ RELIGION IN THE NEW LAND An event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are i...
_THE ENCAMPMENT AT SHILOH, AND A FURTHER DIVISION OF THE LAND_ CRITICAL NOTES. JOSHUA 18:1. Shiloh]=“_Place of rest,” or_ of _“tranquillity;”_ the word apparently pointing to the fulfilment of the pr...
EXPOSITION THE CONTINUED DIVISION OF THE LAND.— JOSHUA 18:1 CONGREGATION. The word signifies a body of persons gathered together at a spot before indicated. The LXX. renders by συναγωγή. The idea i...
As we get into chapter eighteen we find that the tabernacle was then set up at Shiloh. Now the tabernacle, the place of the worship of God, which was with them there in the wilderness, and wherever th...
1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 13:15; 1 Samuel 13:16; 2 Samuel 21:14;...
Was Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin or in Judah? PROBLEM: Joshua 15:8 lists Jerusalem in Judah, but Joshua 18:28 says it is in Benjamin. SOLUTION: Both are true. Some scholars also point to a...