Joshua 15:7

_AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO BETH-HOGLA, AND PASSED ALONG BY THE NORTH OF BETHARABAH; AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO THE STONE OF BOHAN THE SON OF REUBEN:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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 portion assigned. In due time all God's people are settled....

Verse Joshua 15:7. _THE VALLEY OF ACHOR_] Debir mentioned in this verse is unknown. The _valley of Achor_ had its name from the punishment of _Achan_. See the account, Joshua 7:24, c. _EN-SHEMESH_] The _fountain of the sun_ it was eastward of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and Benjamin....

THE GOING UP TO ADUMMIM - Rather, “the ascent or pass of Adummim” (compare Joshua 15:3, margin), on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Its name signifies “red” and is explained by Jerome as given because of the frequent bloodshed there by robbers. This road is the scene of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Possibly the name may be due to some aboriginal tribe of “red men,” who held their ground in these fastnesses after the invaders had driven them from the face of the country elsewhere. EN-SHEMESH - i. e. “fountain of the sun;” no doubt that now called “the Fountain of the Apostles,” about two miles from Jerusalem, and the only well on the road to Jericho. EN-ROGEL - i. e. “fountain of the fullers” near the walls of Jerusalem. It was here that Jonathan and Ahimaaz concealed th

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, which gives the southern border of the Israelitish territory, corresponding closely with this account of the southern border of Judah. The word _tribe _here is, as might be expected from the context מַטֶה and not שֶּׁבֶט. EVEN TO THE BORDER OF EDOM. The literal translation, which makes the passage clearer, is, "the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin towards the dry region (נֶגְבָּה) from the extreme limit of the south תֵימָן. The latter of these words, derived from יָמִי

AND THE BORDER WENT UP TOWARDS DEBIR,.... This was neither the Debir in the tribe of Gad, on the other side Jordan, Joshua 13:26; nor that in the tribe of Judah near Hebron, Joshua 15:15; but a third city of that name, and was not far from Jericho: FROM THE VALLEY OF ACHOR; where Achan was put to death, and had its name from thence; which, according to Jarchi, lay between the stone of Bohan and Debir: AND SO NORTHWARD, LOOKING TOWARDS GILGAL; not the place where Israel were encamped when this lot was made, but it seems to be the same that is called Geliloth, Joshua 18:17; THAT [IS], THE GOING UP TO ADUMMIM; which, Jerom says c, was formerly a little village, now in r

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 conquest (Joshua 15:13) 5. Inheritance according to families (Joshua 15:20) This is a chapter which contains many names; nearly one hundred and fifty are recorded. With the help of a good concordance, or dictionary of Hebrew names, the English meaning may be ascertained. However, many of these names may be derived from

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 how the number 9½ was obtained....

_and the border went up toward Debir_ Not the royal Canaanitish city conquered (Joshua 10:29; Joshua 10:38), but somewhere behind Jericho. A _Wady Dabor_is marked in _Van de Velde's_Map as close to the south of _Nêby Mûsa_, at the north-west of the Dead Sea." Smith's _Bibl. Dict_. _from the valley of Achor_ south of Jericho; see ch. Joshua 7:26. _looking toward Gilgal_ Not the place where the Israelites first encamped. It is called _Geliloth_, ch. Joshua 18:17. _that is before the going up to Adummim_ = "the pass of the red," the road leading up from Jericho and the Jordan valley to Jerusal

_VER._ 6, 7. _AND THE BORDER WENT UP TO BETH-HOGLAH_— This border, issuing from the north point of the Dead sea, towards the west, was formed by a line which passed by _Beth-hoglah,_ a city in the tribe of Benjamin, above Beth-Arabah, whether we understand by it another city of this name in the same tribe, ch. Judges 18:21 or that mentioned ver. 61 or, with some geographers, make of these two places only one and the same city, placed on the border of the two tribes. This line went up _to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,_ a place famous, no doubt, for some monument which had been erected in memory of a great exploit performed there by Bohan, or because he was there buried. It then went on _toward Debir,_ (ver. 7.) a city unknown, but evidently different from that which stood in the neighbourhood of Hebron, ver. 15.—_From the valley of Achor,_ mentioned before