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Verse	Translation	Text
Jos 18:11	Strong Concordance	And the lot [01486] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] came up [05927] according to their families [04940]: and the coast [01366] of their lot [01486] came forth [03318] between the children [01121] of Judah [03063] and the children [01121] of Joseph [03130].
	King James	And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the lot of . . . Benjamin came up--It has been supposed that there were two urns or vessels, from which the lots were drawn: one containing the names of the tribes, the other containing those of the seven portions; and that the two were drawn out simultaneously. the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph--Thus the prophecy of Moses respecting the inheritance of Benjamin was remarkably accomplished. (See on Deu 33:12).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

the lot of . . . Benjamin came up--It has been supposed that there were two urns or vessels, from which the lots were drawn: one containing the names of the tribes, the other containing those of the seven portions; and that the two were drawn out simultaneously.

the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph--Thus the prophecy of Moses respecting the inheritance of Benjamin was remarkably accomplished. (See on Deu 33:12).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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. Jos 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. Jos 18:21 The "Valley of Keziz," or "Emek-Keziz," is perhaps the "Wady el Kaziz," at no great distance east of Jerusalem. Jos 18:22 Zemaraim, i. e. "two wooded hills," is supposed to be the ruins called "Es-Sumrah," on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Jos 18:23 Ophrah (Jos 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in Sa1 13:17 from the Ophrah of Jdg 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of Ch2 13:19, and the Ephraim of Joh 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with "Et-Taiyibeh," on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel. Jos 18:24 Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Jos 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 Sa1 13:15-16; Sa1 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 Jos 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 Jos 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." Jos 18:25 Ramah - i. e. "lofty;" probably the native town and abode of Samuel Sa1 1:19; Sa1 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain. Jos 18:26 Mizpeh - See Jos 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Jos 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king Sa1 7:5-16; Sa1 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah Kg2 25:22; Jer 40:14. Its site is identified with "Neby Samwil," about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Inheritance of the Tribe of Benjamin. - Jos 18:11-20. Boundaries of the inheritance. - Jos 18:11. The territory of their lot (i.e., the territory assigned to the Benjaminites by lot) came out (through the falling out of the lot) between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. Jos 18:12-14 The northern boundary ("the boundary towards the north side") therefore coincided with the southern boundary of Ephraim as far as Lower Beth-horon, and has already been commented upon in the exposition of Jos 16:1-3. The western boundary follows in Jos 18:14. At Beth-horon the boundary curved round and turned southwards on the western side, namely from the mountain before (in front of) Beth-horon southwards; and "the going out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim," the town of the Judaeans mentioned in Jos 15:60, the present Kureyet el Enab (see at Jos 9:17). Jos 18:15-19 "As for the southern boundary from the end of Kirjath-jearim onwards, the (southern) boundary went out on the west (i.e., it started from the west), and went out (terminated) at the fountain of the water of Nephtoah." Consequently it coincided with the northern boundary of Judah, as described in Jos 15:5-9, except that it is given there from east to west, and here from west to east (see at Jos 15:5-9). In the construction haגּבוּל תּוצאותיו, the noun הגּבוּל is in apposition to the suffix: the outgoings of it, namely of the border (see Ewald, 291, b.). Jos 18:20 The eastern boundary was the Jordan. Jos 18:21-28 The towns of Benjamin are divided into two groups. The first group (Jos 18:21-24) contains twelve towns in the eastern portion of the territory. Jericho: the present Riha (see at Jos 2:1). Beth-hoglah, now Ain Hajla (see Jos 15:6). Emek-keziz: the name has been preserved in the Wady el Kaziz, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, on the south-east of the Apostle's Well (see Van de Velde, Mem. p. 328). Jos 18:22 Beth-arabah: see at Jos 15:6. Zemaraim, probably the ruins of es Sumrah, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, to the east of Khan Hadhur, on Van de Velde's map. Bethel: now Beitin (see Jos 7:2). Jos 18:23 Avvim (i.e., ruins) is unknown. Phara has been preserved in the ruins of Fara, on Wady Fara, three hours to the north-east of Jerusalem, and the same distance to the west of Jericho. Ophrah is mentioned again in Sa1 13:17, but it is a different place from the Ophrah of Gideon in Manasseh (Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:24; Jdg 8:27). According to the Onom. (s. v. Aphra), it was a κώμη Ἀφρήλ in the time of Eusebius (Jer. vicus Effrem), five Roman miles to the east of Bethel; and according to Van de Velde, v. Raumer, and others, it is probably the same place as Ephron or Ephrain, which Abijah took from Jeroboam along with Jeshanah and Bethel (Ch2 13:19), also the same as Ephraim, the city to which Christ went when He withdrew into the desert (Joh 11:54), as the Onom. (s. v. Ephron) speaks of a villa praegrandis Ephraea nomine (Ἐφρα̈́́ι in Euseb.), although the distance given there, viz., twenty Roman miles to the north of Jerusalem, reaches far beyond the limits of Benjamin. Jos 18:24 Chephar-haammonai and Ophni are only mentioned here, and are still unknown. Gaba, or Geba of Benjamin (Sa1 13:16; Kg1 15:22) which was given up to the Levites (Jos 21:17; Ch1 6:45), was in the neighbourhood of Ramah (Kg1 15:22; Ch2 16:6). It is mentioned in Kg2 23:8; Zac 14:10, as the northern boundary of the kingdom of Judah, and was still inhabited after the captivity (Neh 7:30). It is a different place from Gibea, and is not to be found, as I formerly supposed, in the Moslem village of Jibia, by the Wady el Jib, between Beitin and Sinjil (Rob. iii. p. 80), but in the small village of Jeba, which is lying half in ruins, and where there are relics of antiquity, three-quarters of an hour to the north-east of er-Rm (Ramah), and about three hours to the north of Jerusalem, upon a height from which there is an extensive prospect (vid., Rob. ii. pp. 113ff.). This eastern group also included the two other towns Anathoth and Almon (Jos 21:18), which were given up by Benjamin to the Levites. Anathoth, the home of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 1:1; Jer 11:21.), which was still inhabited by Benjaminites after the captivity (Neh 11:32), is the present village of Anta, where there are ruins of great antiquity, an hour and a quarter to the north of Jerusalem (Rob. ii. pp. 109ff.). Almon, called Allemeth in Ch1 6:45, has been preserved in the ruins of Almt (Rob. Bibl. Res. pp. 287ff.), or el-Mid (Tobler, Denkbl. p. 631), on the south-east of Anta. Jos 18:25-28 The second group of fourteen towns in the western portion of Benjamin. - Jos 18:25. Gibeon, the present Jib: see at Jos 9:3. Ramah, in the neighbourhood of Gibeah and Geba (Jdg 19:13; Isa 10:29; Kg1 15:17; Ezr 2:26), most probably the Ramah of Samuel (Sa1 1:19; Sa1 2:11; Sa1 25:1; Sa1 28:3), is the present village of er-Rm, upon a mountain with ruins between Gibeon and Geba, half an hour to the west of the latter, two hours to the north of Jerusalem (see Rob. ii. p. 315). Beeroth, the present Bireh: see at Jos 9:17. Jos 18:26-27 Mizpeh, commonly called Mizpah, where the war with Benjamin was decided upon (Judg 20-21), and where Samuel judged the people, and chose Saul as king (Sa1 7:5., Jos 10:17), was afterwards the seat of the Babylonian governor Gedaliah (Kg2 25:23; Jer 40:6.). According to the Onom. (s. v. Massepha), it was near Kirjath-jearim, and Robinson (ii. p. 139) is no doubt correct in supposing it to be the present Neby Samvil (i.e., prophet Samuel), an hour and a quarter to the east of Kureyet Enab (Kirjath-jearim), two hours to the north-west of Jerusalem, half an hour to the south of Gibeon, a place which stands like a watch-tower upon the highest point in the whole region, and with a mosque, once a Latin church, which is believed alike by Jews, Christians, and Mahometans to cover the tomb of the prophet Samuel (see Rob. ii. pp. 135ff.). Chephirah, i.e., Kefir: see at Jos 9:17. Mozah is only mentioned here, and is still unknown. Jos 18:27. This also applies to Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah. Jos 18:28 Zelah, the burial-place of Saul and his family (Sa2 21:14), is otherwise unknown. Gibeath or Gibeah, i.e., Gibeah of Benjamin, which was destroyed by the other tribes of Israel in the time of the judges, on account of the flagrant crime which had been committed there (Judg 19-20), is also called Gibeah of Saul, as being the home and capital of Saul (Sa1 10:26; Sa1 11:4, etc.), and was situated, according to Jdg 19:13 and Isa 10:29, between Jerusalem and Ramah, according to Josephus (Bell. Jud. v. 2, 1, 8) about twenty or thirty stadia from Jerusalem. These statements point to the Tell or Tuleil el Phul, i.e., bean-mountain, a conical peak about an hour from Jerusalem, on the road to er-Rm, with a large heap of stones upon the top, probably the ruins of a town that was built of unhewn stones, from which there is a very extensive prospect in all directions (Rob. ii. p. 317). Consequently modern writers have very naturally agreed in the conclusion, that the ancient Gibeah of Benjamin or Saul was situated either by the side of or upon this Tell (see Rob. Bibl. Res. p. 286; Strauss, Sinai, etc., p. 331, ed. 6; v. Raumer, Pal. p. 196). Kirjath has not yet been discovered, and must not be confounded with Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to the tribe of Judah (Jos 18:14; cf. Jos 15:60).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Inheritance of the Tribe of Benjamin. - Jos 18:11-20. Boundaries of the inheritance. - Jos 18:11. The territory of their lot (i.e., the territory assigned to the Benjaminites by lot) came out (through the falling out of the lot) between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

Jos 18:12-14

The northern boundary ("the boundary towards the north side") therefore coincided with the southern boundary of Ephraim as far as Lower Beth-horon, and has already been commented upon in the exposition of Jos 16:1-3. The western boundary follows in Jos 18:14. At Beth-horon the boundary curved round and turned southwards on the western side, namely from the mountain before (in front of) Beth-horon southwards; and "the going out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim," the town of the Judaeans mentioned in Jos 15:60, the present Kureyet el Enab (see at Jos 9:17).

Jos 18:15-19

"As for the southern boundary from the end of Kirjath-jearim onwards, the (southern) boundary went out on the west (i.e., it started from the west), and went out (terminated) at the fountain of the water of Nephtoah." Consequently it coincided with the northern boundary of Judah, as described in Jos 15:5-9, except that it is given there from east to west, and here from west to east (see at Jos 15:5-9). In the construction haגּבוּל תּוצאותיו, the noun הגּבוּל is in apposition to the suffix: the outgoings of it, namely of the border (see Ewald, 291, b.).

Jos 18:20

The eastern boundary was the Jordan.

Jos 18:21-28

The towns of Benjamin are divided into two groups. The first group (Jos 18:21-24) contains twelve towns in the eastern portion of the territory. Jericho: the present Riha (see at Jos 2:1). Beth-hoglah, now Ain Hajla (see Jos 15:6). Emek-keziz: the name has been preserved in the Wady el Kaziz, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, on the south-east of the Apostle's Well (see Van de Velde, Mem. p. 328).

Jos 18:22

Beth-arabah: see at Jos 15:6. Zemaraim, probably the ruins of es Sumrah, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, to the east of Khan Hadhur, on Van de Velde's map. Bethel: now Beitin (see Jos 7:2).

Jos 18:23

Avvim (i.e., ruins) is unknown. Phara has been preserved in the ruins of Fara, on Wady Fara, three hours to the north-east of Jerusalem, and the same distance to the west of Jericho. Ophrah is mentioned again in Sa1 13:17, but it is a different place from the Ophrah of Gideon in Manasseh (Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:24; Jdg 8:27). According to the Onom. (s. v. Aphra), it was a κώμη Ἀφρήλ in the time of Eusebius (Jer. vicus Effrem), five Roman miles to the east of Bethel; and according to Van de Velde, v. Raumer, and others, it is probably the same place as Ephron or Ephrain, which Abijah took from Jeroboam along with Jeshanah and Bethel (Ch2 13:19), also the same as Ephraim, the city to which Christ went when He withdrew into the desert (Joh 11:54), as the Onom. (s. v. Ephron) speaks of a villa praegrandis Ephraea nomine (Ἐφρα̈́́ι in Euseb.), although the distance given there, viz., twenty Roman miles to the north of Jerusalem, reaches far beyond the limits of Benjamin.

Jos 18:24

Chephar-haammonai and Ophni are only mentioned here, and are still unknown. Gaba, or Geba of Benjamin (Sa1 13:16; Kg1 15:22) which was given up to the Levites (Jos 21:17; Ch1 6:45), was in the neighbourhood of Ramah (Kg1 15:22; Ch2 16:6). It is mentioned in Kg2 23:8; Zac 14:10, as the northern boundary of the kingdom of Judah, and was still inhabited after the captivity (Neh 7:30). It is a different place from Gibea, and is not to be found, as I formerly supposed, in the Moslem village of Jibia, by the Wady el Jib, between Beitin and Sinjil (Rob. iii. p. 80), but in the small village of Jeba, which is lying half in ruins, and where there are relics of antiquity, three-quarters of an hour to the north-east of er-Rm (Ramah), and about three hours to the north of Jerusalem, upon a height from which there is an extensive prospect (vid., Rob. ii. pp. 113ff.). This eastern group also included the two other towns Anathoth and Almon (Jos 21:18), which were given up by Benjamin to the Levites. Anathoth, the home of the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 1:1; Jer 11:21.), which was still inhabited by Benjaminites after the captivity (Neh 11:32), is the present village of Anta, where there are ruins of great antiquity, an hour and a quarter to the north of Jerusalem (Rob. ii. pp. 109ff.). Almon, called Allemeth in Ch1 6:45, has been preserved in the ruins of Almt (Rob. Bibl. Res. pp. 287ff.), or el-Mid (Tobler, Denkbl. p. 631), on the south-east of Anta.

Jos 18:25-28

The second group of fourteen towns in the western portion of Benjamin. - Jos 18:25. Gibeon, the present Jib: see at Jos 9:3. Ramah, in the neighbourhood of Gibeah and Geba (Jdg 19:13; Isa 10:29; Kg1 15:17; Ezr 2:26), most probably the Ramah of Samuel (Sa1 1:19; Sa1 2:11; Sa1 25:1; Sa1 28:3), is the present village of er-Rm, upon a mountain with ruins between Gibeon and Geba, half an hour to the west of the latter, two hours to the north of Jerusalem (see Rob. ii. p. 315). Beeroth, the present Bireh: see at Jos 9:17.

Jos 18:26-27

Mizpeh, commonly called Mizpah, where the war with Benjamin was decided upon (Judg 20-21), and where Samuel judged the people, and chose Saul as king (Sa1 7:5., Jos 10:17), was afterwards the seat of the Babylonian governor Gedaliah (Kg2 25:23; Jer 40:6.). According to the Onom. (s. v. Massepha), it was near Kirjath-jearim, and Robinson (ii. p. 139) is no doubt correct in supposing it to be the present Neby Samvil (i.e., prophet Samuel), an hour and a quarter to the east of Kureyet Enab (Kirjath-jearim), two hours to the north-west of Jerusalem, half an hour to the south of Gibeon, a place which stands like a watch-tower upon the highest point in the whole region, and with a mosque, once a Latin church, which is believed alike by Jews, Christians, and Mahometans to cover the tomb of the prophet Samuel (see Rob. ii. pp. 135ff.). Chephirah, i.e., Kefir: see at Jos 9:17. Mozah is only mentioned here, and is still unknown. Jos 18:27. This also applies to Rekem, Irpeel, and Taralah.

Jos 18:28

Zelah, the burial-place of Saul and his family (Sa2 21:14), is otherwise unknown. Gibeath or Gibeah, i.e., Gibeah of Benjamin, which was destroyed by the other tribes of Israel in the time of the judges, on account of the flagrant crime which had been committed there (Judg 19-20), is also called Gibeah of Saul, as being the home and capital of Saul (Sa1 10:26; Sa1 11:4, etc.), and was situated, according to Jdg 19:13 and Isa 10:29, between Jerusalem and Ramah, according to Josephus (Bell. Jud. v. 2, 1, 8) about twenty or thirty stadia from Jerusalem. These statements point to the Tell or Tuleil el Phul, i.e., bean-mountain, a conical peak about an hour from Jerusalem, on the road to er-Rm, with a large heap of stones upon the top, probably the ruins of a town that was built of unhewn stones, from which there is a very extensive prospect in all directions (Rob. ii. p. 317). Consequently modern writers have very naturally agreed in the conclusion, that the ancient Gibeah of Benjamin or Saul was situated either by the side of or upon this Tell (see Rob. Bibl. Res. p. 286; Strauss, Sinai, etc., p. 331, ed. 6; v. Raumer, Pal. p. 196). Kirjath has not yet been discovered, and must not be confounded with Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to the tribe of Judah (Jos 18:14; cf. Jos 15:60).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And the children of Joseph - Wherein we see the wisdom of Divine Providence, this being the only place in which that prophecy, Deu 33:12, could have been accomplished. Providence cast Benjamin next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and next to Judah on the other hand, that this tribe might hereafter unite with Judah, in an adherence to the throne of David, and the temple at Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And the lot - of Benjamin came up - On the manner of casting the lot, see on Jos 14:2 (note), and Num 26:55 (note). There were probably two urns, one of which contained the names of the seven tribes, and the other that of the seven portions. They therefore took out one name out of the first urn, and one portion out of the second, and thus the portion was adjudged to that tribe.

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¹² And of Benjamin [01144] he said [0559], The beloved [03039] of the LORD [03068] shall dwell [07931] in safety [0983] by him; and the LORD shall cover [02653] him all the day [03117] long, and he shall dwell [07931] between his shoulders [03802].

¹⁴ And said [0559] unto him, Dost thou certainly [03045] know [03045] that Baalis [01185] the king [04428] of the Ammonites [01121] [05983] hath sent [07971] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] to slay [05221] [05315] thee? But Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] believed [0539] them not.

²² And as for the people [05971] that remained [07604] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had left [07604], even over them he made Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296], the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], ruler [06485].

¹⁷ And Samuel [08050] called [06817] the people [05971] together unto the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709];

⁵ And Samuel [08050] said [0559], Gather [06908] all Israel [03478] to Mizpeh [04708], and I will pray [06419] for you unto the LORD [03068].
⁶ And they gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04709], and drew [07579] water [04325], and poured it out [08210] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] on that day [03117], and said [0559] there, We have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Mizpeh [04708].
⁷ And when the Philistines [06430] heard [08085] that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04708], the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430] went up [05927] against Israel [03478]. And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] heard [08085] it, they were afraid [03372] of [06440] the Philistines [06430].
⁸ And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Cease [02790] not to cry [02199] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430] for us, that he will save [03467] us out of the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].
⁹ And Samuel [08050] took [03947] a [0259] sucking [02461] lamb [02924], and offered [05927] it for a burnt offering [05930] wholly [03632] unto the LORD [03068]: and Samuel [08050] cried [02199] unto the LORD [03068] for Israel [03478]; and the LORD [03068] heard [06030] him.
¹⁰ And as Samuel [08050] was offering up [05927] the burnt offering [05930], the Philistines [06430] drew near [05066] to battle [04421] against Israel [03478]: but the LORD [03068] thundered [07481] with a great [01419] thunder [06963] on that day [03117] upon the Philistines [06430], and discomfited [02000] them; and they were smitten [05062] before [06440] Israel [03478].
¹¹ And the men [0582] of Israel [03478] went out [03318] of Mizpeh [04709], and pursued [07291] the Philistines [06430], and smote [05221] them, until they came under Bethcar [01033].
¹² Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a [0259] stone [068], and set [07760] it between Mizpeh [04709] and Shen [08129], and called [07121] the name [08034] of it Ebenezer [072], saying [0559], Hitherto hath the LORD [03068] helped [05826] us.
¹³ So the Philistines [06430] were subdued [03665], and they came [0935] no more [03254] into the coast [01366] of Israel [03478]: and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was against the Philistines [06430] all the days [03117] of Samuel [08050].
¹⁴ And the cities [05892] which the Philistines [06430] had taken [03947] from Israel [03478] were restored [07725] to Israel [03478], from Ekron [06138] even unto Gath [01661]; and the coasts [01366] thereof did Israel [03478] deliver [05337] out of the hands [03027] of the Philistines [06430]. And there was peace [07965] between Israel [03478] and the Amorites [0567].
¹⁵ And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] Israel [03478] all the days [03117] of his life [02416].
¹⁶ And he went [01980] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] in circuit [05437] to Bethel [01008], and Gilgal [01537], and Mizpeh [04709], and judged [08199] Israel [03478] in all those places [04725].

³⁸ And Dilean [01810], and Mizpeh [04708], and Joktheel [03371],

³ And to the Canaanite [03669] on the east [04217] and on the west [03220], and to the Amorite [0567], and the Hittite [02850], and the Perizzite [06522], and the Jebusite [02983] in the mountains [02022], and to the Hivite [02340] under Hermon [02768] in the land [0776] of Mizpeh [04709].

²⁶ And Mizpeh [04708], and Chephirah [03716], and Mozah [04681],

¹ And Samuel [08050] died [04191]; and all the Israelites [03478] were gathered together [06908], and lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in his house [01004] at Ramah [07414]. And David [01732] arose [06965], and went down [03381] to the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290].

¹⁹ And they rose up [07925] in the morning [01242] early [07925], and worshipped [07812] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and returned [07725], and came [0935] to their house [01004] to Ramah [07414]: and Elkanah [0511] knew [03045] Hannah [02584] his wife [0802]; and the LORD [03068] remembered [02142] her.

²⁵ Gibeon [01391], and Ramah [07414], and Beeroth [0881],

²⁸ And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [0702] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].

¹⁷ And out of the tribe [04294] of Benjamin [01144], Gibeon [01391] with her suburbs [04054], Geba [01387] with her suburbs [04054],

⁵ The forefront [08127] of the one [0259] was situate [04690] northward [06828] over against [04136] Michmash [04363], and the other [0259] southward [05045] over against [04136] Gibeah [01387].

¹⁵ And Samuel [08050] arose [06965], and gat him up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] unto Gibeah [01390] of Benjamin [01144]. And Saul [07586] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were present [04672] with him, about six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376].
¹⁶ And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].

³ And when the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeon [01391] heard [08085] what Joshua [03091] had done [06213] unto Jericho [03405] and to Ai [05857],

²⁴ And Chepharhaammonai [03726], and Ophni [06078], and Gaba [01387]; twelve [08147] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:

⁵⁴ Jesus [2424] therefore [3767] walked [4043] no more [3765] openly [3954] among [1722] the Jews [2453]; but [235] went [565] thence [1564] unto [1519] a country [5561] near [1451] to the wilderness [2048], into [1519] a city [4172] called [3004] Ephraim [2187], and there [2546] continued [1304] with [3326] his [846] disciples [3101].

¹⁹ And Abijah [029] pursued [07291] after [0310] Jeroboam [03379], and took [03920] cities [05892] from him, Bethel [01008] with the towns [01323] thereof, and Jeshanah [03466] with the towns [01323] thereof, and Ephrain [06085] with the towns [01323] thereof.

¹¹ And there came [0935] an angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], and sat [03427] under an oak [0424] which was in Ophrah [06084], that pertained unto Joash [03101] the Abiezrite [033]: and his son [01121] Gideon [01439] threshed [02251] wheat [02406] by the winepress [01660], to hide [05127] it from [06440] the Midianites [04080].

¹⁷ And the spoilers [07843] came out [03318] of the camp [04264] of the Philistines [06430] in three [07969] companies [07218]: one [0259] company [07218] turned [06437] unto the way [01870] that leadeth to Ophrah [06084], unto the land [0776] of Shual [07777]:

⁹ And the border [01366] was drawn [08388] from the top [07218] of the hill [02022] unto the fountain [04599] of the water [04325] of Nephtoah [05318], and went out [03318] to the cities [05892] of mount [02022] Ephron [06085]; and the border [01366] was drawn [08388] to Baalah [01173], which is Kirjathjearim [07157]:

²³ And Avim [05761], and Parah [06511], and Ophrah [06084],

²² And Betharabah [01026], and Zemaraim [06787], and Bethel [01008],

¹⁴ And the border [01366] was drawn [08388] thence, and compassed [05437] the corner [06285] of the sea [03220] southward [05045], from the hill [02022] that lieth before [06440] Bethhoron [01032] southward [05045]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Kirjathbaal [07154], which is Kirjathjearim [07157], a city [05892] of the children [01121] of Judah [03063]: this was the west [03220] quarter [06285].

⁶⁰ Kirjathbaal [07154], which is Kirjathjearim [07157], and Rabbah [07237]; two [08147] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:

²⁹ They are gone over [05674] the passage [04569]: they have taken up their lodging [04411] at Geba [01387]; Ramah [07414] is afraid [02729]; Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586] is fled [05127].

¹³ And he said [0559] unto his servant [05288], Come [03212], and let us draw near [07126] to one [0259] of these places [04725] to lodge all night [03885], in Gibeah [01390], or in Ramah [07414].

⁴ Then came [0935] the messengers [04397] to Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586], and told [01696] the tidings [01697] in the ears [0241] of the people [05971]: and all the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voices [06963], and wept [01058].

²⁶ And Saul [07586] also went [01980] home [01004] to Gibeah [01390]; and there went [03212] with him a band of men [02428], whose hearts [03820] God [0430] had touched [05060].

¹⁴ And the bones [06106] of Saul [07586] and Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] buried [06912] they in the country [0776] of Benjamin [01144] in Zelah [06762], in the sepulchre [06913] of Kish [07027] his father [01]: and they performed [06213] all that the king [04428] commanded [06680]. And after [0310] that God [0430] was intreated [06279] for the land [0776].

²⁷ And Rekem [07552], and Irpeel [03416], and Taralah [08634],

¹⁷ And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265], and came [0935] unto their cities [05892] on the third [07992] day [03117]. Now their cities [05892] were Gibeon [01391], and Chephirah [03716], and Beeroth [0881], and Kirjathjearim [07157].

⁶ Then went [0935] Jeremiah [03414] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04708]; and dwelt [03427] with him among [08432] the people [05971] that were left [07604] in the land [0776].

²³ And when all the captains [08269] of the armies [02428], they and their men [0582], heard [08085] that the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made Gedaliah [01436] governor [06485], there came [0935] to Gedaliah [01436] to Mizpah [04709], even Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Careah [07143], and Seraiah [08304] the son [01121] of Tanhumeth [08576] the Netophathite [05200], and Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of a Maachathite [04602], they and their men [0582].

¹⁷ And it was told [05046] Joshua [03091], saying [0559], The five [02568] kings [04428] are found [04672] hid [02244] in a cave [04631] at Makkedah [04719].

⁵ And Samuel [08050] said [0559], Gather [06908] all Israel [03478] to Mizpeh [04708], and I will pray [06419] for you unto the LORD [03068].

²⁶ And Mizpeh [04708], and Chephirah [03716], and Mozah [04681],
²⁷ And Rekem [07552], and Irpeel [03416], and Taralah [08634],

³ Now Samuel [08050] was dead [04191], and all Israel [03478] had lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in Ramah [07414], even in his own city [05892]. And Saul [07586] had put away [05493] those that had familiar spirits [0178], and the wizards [03049], out of the land [0776].

¹¹ And Elkanah [0511] went [03212] to Ramah [07414] to his house [01004]. And the child [05288] did [01961] minister [08334] unto the LORD [03068] before [06440] Eli [05941] the priest [03548].

²⁶ The children [01121] of Ramah [07414] and Gaba [01387], six [08337] hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and one [0259].

¹⁷ And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].

²⁹ They are gone over [05674] the passage [04569]: they have taken up their lodging [04411] at Geba [01387]; Ramah [07414] is afraid [02729]; Gibeah [01390] of Saul [07586] is fled [05127].

¹³ And he said [0559] unto his servant [05288], Come [03212], and let us draw near [07126] to one [0259] of these places [04725] to lodge all night [03885], in Gibeah [01390], or in Ramah [07414].

³ And when the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeon [01391] heard [08085] what Joshua [03091] had done [06213] unto Jericho [03405] and to Ai [05857],

²⁵ Gibeon [01391], and Ramah [07414], and Beeroth [0881],

²⁵ Gibeon [01391], and Ramah [07414], and Beeroth [0881],
²⁶ And Mizpeh [04708], and Chephirah [03716], and Mozah [04681],
²⁷ And Rekem [07552], and Irpeel [03416], and Taralah [08634],
²⁸ And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [0702] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].

⁴⁵ The son [01121] of Hashabiah [02811], the son [01121] of Amaziah [0558], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518],

³² And at Anathoth [06068], Nob [05011], Ananiah [06055],

²¹ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of the men [0582] of Anathoth [06068], that seek [01245] thy life [05315], saying [0559], Prophesy [05012] not in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], that thou die [04191] not by our hand [03027]:

¹ The words [01697] of Jeremiah [03414] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], of the priests [03548] that were in Anathoth [06068] in the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144]:

¹⁸ Anathoth [06068] with her suburbs [04054], and Almon [05960] with her suburbs [04054]; four [0702] cities [05892].

³⁰ The men [0582] of Ramah [07414] and Geba [01387], six [08337] hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and one [0259].

¹⁰ All the land [0776] shall be turned [05437] as a plain [06160] from Geba [01387] to Rimmon [07417] south [05045] of Jerusalem [03389]: and it shall be lifted up [07213], and inhabited [03427] in her place, from Benjamin's [01144] gate [08179] unto the place [04725] of the first [07223] gate [08179], unto the corner [06434] gate [08179], and from the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606] unto the king's [04428] winepresses [03342].

⁸ And he brought [0935] all the priests [03548] out of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and defiled [02930] the high places [01116] where the priests [03548] had burned incense [06999], from Geba [01387] to Beersheba [0884], and brake down [05422] the high places [01116] of the gates [08179] that were in the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Joshua [03091] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], which were on a man's [0376] left hand [08040] at the gate [08179] of the city [05892].

⁶ Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].

²² Then king [04428] Asa [0609] made a proclamation [08085] throughout all Judah [03063]; none was exempted [05355]: and they took [05375] away the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] had builded [01129]; and king [04428] Asa [0609] built [01129] with them Geba [01387] of Benjamin [01144], and Mizpah [04709].

⁴⁵ The son [01121] of Hashabiah [02811], the son [01121] of Amaziah [0558], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518],

¹⁷ And out of the tribe [04294] of Benjamin [01144], Gibeon [01391] with her suburbs [04054], Geba [01387] with her suburbs [04054],

¹⁶ And Saul [07586], and Jonathan [03129] his son [01121], and the people [05971] that were present [04672] with them, abode [03427] in Gibeah [01387] of Benjamin [01144]: but the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in Michmash [04363].

²⁴ And Chepharhaammonai [03726], and Ophni [06078], and Gaba [01387]; twelve [08147] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:

²⁷ And Gideon [01439] made [06213] an ephod [0646] thereof, and put [03322] it in his city [05892], even in Ophrah [06084]: and all Israel [03478] went thither a whoring [02181] after [0310] it: which thing became a snare [04170] unto Gideon [01439], and to his house [01004].

²⁴ Then Gideon [01439] built [01129] an altar [04196] there unto the LORD [03068], and called [07121] it Jehovahshalom [03073]: unto this day [03117] it is yet in Ophrah [06084] of the Abiezrites [033].

²³ And Avim [05761], and Parah [06511], and Ophrah [06084],

² And Joshua [03091] sent [07971] men [0582] from Jericho [03405] to Ai [05857], which is beside [05973] Bethaven [01007], on the east side [06924] of Bethel [01008], and spake [0559] unto them, saying [0559], Go up [05927] and view [07270] the country [0776]. And the men [0582] went up [05927] and viewed [07270] Ai [05857].

⁶ And the border [01366] went up [05927] to Bethhogla [01031], and passed [05674] along by the north [06828] of Betharabah [01026]; and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the stone [068] of Bohan [0932] the son [01121] of Reuben [07205]:

²² And Betharabah [01026], and Zemaraim [06787], and Bethel [01008],

¹ And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126] sent [07971] out of Shittim [07851] two [08147] men [0582] to spy [07270] secretly [02791], saying [0559], Go [03212] view [07200] the land [0776], even Jericho [03405]. And they went [03212], and came [0935] into an harlot's [02181] house [0802] [01004], named [08034] Rahab [07343], and lodged [07901] there.

²¹ Now the cities [05892] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940] were Jericho [03405], and Bethhoglah [01031], and the valley [06010] of Keziz [07104],
²² And Betharabah [01026], and Zemaraim [06787], and Bethel [01008],
²³ And Avim [05761], and Parah [06511], and Ophrah [06084],
²⁴ And Chepharhaammonai [03726], and Ophni [06078], and Gaba [01387]; twelve [08147] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:
²⁵ Gibeon [01391], and Ramah [07414], and Beeroth [0881],
²⁶ And Mizpeh [04708], and Chephirah [03716], and Mozah [04681],
²⁷ And Rekem [07552], and Irpeel [03416], and Taralah [08634],
²⁸ And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [0702] [06240] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].

²⁰ And Jordan [03383] was the border [01379] of it on the east [06924] side [06285]. This was the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], by the coasts [01367] thereof round about [05439], according to their families [04940].

⁵ And the east [06924] border [01366] was the salt [04417] sea [03220], even unto the end [07097] of Jordan [03383]. And their border [01366] in the north [06828] quarter [06285] was from the bay [03956] of the sea [03220] at the uttermost part [07097] of Jordan [03383]:
⁶ And the border [01366] went up [05927] to Bethhogla [01031], and passed [05674] along by the north [06828] of Betharabah [01026]; and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the stone [068] of Bohan [0932] the son [01121] of Reuben [07205]:
⁷ And the border [01366] went up [05927] toward Debir [01688] from the valley [06010] of Achor [05911], and so northward [06828], looking [06437] toward Gilgal [01537], that is before [05227] the going up [04608] to Adummim [0131], which is on the south side [05045] of the river [05158]: and the border [01366] passed [05674] toward the waters [04325] of Enshemesh [05885], and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Enrogel [05883]:
⁸ And the border [01366] went up [05927] by the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011] unto the south [05045] side [03802] of the Jebusite [02983]; the same is Jerusalem [03389]: and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the top [07218] of the mountain [02022] that lieth before [06440] the valley [01516] of Hinnom [02011] westward [03220], which is at the end [07097] of the valley [06010] of the giants [07497] northward [06828]:
⁹ And the border [01366] was drawn [08388] from the top [07218] of the hill [02022] unto the fountain [04599] of the water [04325] of Nephtoah [05318], and went out [03318] to the cities [05892] of mount [02022] Ephron [06085]; and the border [01366] was drawn [08388] to Baalah [01173], which is Kirjathjearim [07157]:

¹⁵ And the south [05045] quarter [06285] was from the end [07097] of Kirjathjearim [07157], and the border [01366] went out [03318] on the west [03220], and went out [03318] to the well [04599] of waters [04325] of Nephtoah [05318]:
¹⁶ And the border [01366] came down [03381] to the end [07097] of the mountain [02022] that lieth before [06440] the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], and which is in the valley [06010] of the giants [07497] on the north [06828], and descended [03381] to the valley [01516] of Hinnom [02011], to the side [03802] of Jebusi [02983] on the south [05045], and descended [03381] to Enrogel [05883],
¹⁷ And was drawn [08388] from the north [06828], and went forth [03318] to Enshemesh [05885], and went forth [03318] toward Geliloth [01553], which is over against [05227] the going up [04608] of Adummim [0131], and descended [03381] to the stone [068] of Bohan [0932] the son [01121] of Reuben [07205],
¹⁸ And passed along [05674] toward the side [03802] over against [04136] Arabah [06160] northward [06828], and went down [03381] unto Arabah [06160]:
¹⁹ And the border [01366] passed along [05674] to the side [03802] of Bethhoglah [01031] northward [06828]: and the outgoings [08444] of the border [01366] were at the north [06828] bay [03956] of the salt [04417] sea [03220] at the south [05045] end [07097] of Jordan [03383]: this was the south [05045] coast [01366].

⁶⁰ Kirjathbaal [07154], which is Kirjathjearim [07157], and Rabbah [07237]; two [08147] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]:

¹ And the lot [01486] of the children [01121] of Joseph [03130] fell [03318] from Jordan [03383] by Jericho [03405], unto the water [04325] of Jericho [03405] on the east [04217], to the wilderness [04057] that goeth up [05927] from Jericho [03405] throughout mount [02022] Bethel [01008],
² And goeth out [03318] from Bethel [01008] to Luz [03870], and passeth along [05674] unto the borders [01366] of Archi [0757] to Ataroth [05852],
³ And goeth down [03381] westward [03220] to the coast [01366] of Japhleti [03311], unto the coast [01366] of Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], and to Gezer [01507]: and the goings out [08444] thereof are at the sea [03220].

¹² And their border [01366] on the north [06828] side [06285] was from Jordan [03383]; and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the side [03802] of Jericho [03405] on the north [06828] side, and went up [05927] through the mountains [02022] westward [03220]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at the wilderness [04057] of Bethaven [01007].
¹³ And the border [01366] went over [05674] from thence toward Luz [03870], to the side [03802] of Luz [03870], which is Bethel [01008], southward [05045]; and the border [01366] descended [03381] to Atarothadar [05853], near the hill [02022] that lieth on the south side [05045] of the nether [08481] Bethhoron [01032].
¹⁴ And the border [01366] was drawn [08388] thence, and compassed [05437] the corner [06285] of the sea [03220] southward [05045], from the hill [02022] that lieth before [06440] Bethhoron [01032] southward [05045]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Kirjathbaal [07154], which is Kirjathjearim [07157], a city [05892] of the children [01121] of Judah [03063]: this was the west [03220] quarter [06285].

¹¹ And the lot [01486] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] came up [05927] according to their families [04940]: and the coast [01366] of their lot [01486] came forth [03318] between the children [01121] of Judah [03063] and the children [01121] of Joseph [03130].
¹² And their border [01366] on the north [06828] side [06285] was from Jordan [03383]; and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the side [03802] of Jericho [03405] on the north [06828] side, and went up [05927] through the mountains [02022] westward [03220]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at the wilderness [04057] of Bethaven [01007].
¹³ And the border [01366] went over [05674] from thence toward Luz [03870], to the side [03802] of Luz [03870], which is Bethel [01008], southward [05045]; and the border [01366] descended [03381] to Atarothadar [05853], near the hill [02022] that lieth on the south side [05045] of the nether [08481] Bethhoron [01032].
¹⁴ And the border [01366] was drawn [08388] thence, and compassed [05437] the corner [06285] of the sea [03220] southward [05045], from the hill [02022] that lieth before [06440] Bethhoron [01032] southward [05045]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at Kirjathbaal [07154], which is Kirjathjearim [07157], a city [05892] of the children [01121] of Judah [03063]: this was the west [03220] quarter [06285].
¹⁵ And the south [05045] quarter [06285] was from the end [07097] of Kirjathjearim [07157], and the border [01366] went out [03318] on the west [03220], and went out [03318] to the well [04599] of waters [04325] of Nephtoah [05318]:
¹⁶ And the border [01366] came down [03381] to the end [07097] of the mountain [02022] that lieth before [06440] the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], and which is in the valley [06010] of the giants [07497] on the north [06828], and descended [03381] to the valley [01516] of Hinnom [02011], to the side [03802] of Jebusi [02983] on the south [05045], and descended [03381] to Enrogel [05883],
¹⁷ And was drawn [08388] from the north [06828], and went forth [03318] to Enshemesh [05885], and went forth [03318] toward Geliloth [01553], which is over against [05227] the going up [04608] of Adummim [0131], and descended [03381] to the stone [068] of Bohan [0932] the son [01121] of Reuben [07205],
¹⁸ And passed along [05674] toward the side [03802] over against [04136] Arabah [06160] northward [06828], and went down [03381] unto Arabah [06160]:
¹⁹ And the border [01366] passed along [05674] to the side [03802] of Bethhoglah [01031] northward [06828]: and the outgoings [08444] of the border [01366] were at the north [06828] bay [03956] of the salt [04417] sea [03220] at the south [05045] end [07097] of Jordan [03383]: this was the south [05045] coast [01366].
²⁰ And Jordan [03383] was the border [01379] of it on the east [06924] side [06285]. This was the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], by the coasts [01367] thereof round about [05439], according to their families [04940].

⁵⁵ Notwithstanding the land [0776] shall be divided [02505] by lot [01486]: according to the names [08034] of the tribes [04294] of their fathers [01] they shall inherit [05157].

² By lot [01486] was their inheritance [05159], as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872], for the nine [08672] tribes [04294], and for the half [02677] tribe [04294].