Joshua 18:16

16 The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the 1valley of Ben-hinnom *, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

Joshua 18:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:16

And the border came down
In the description of the border of Judah, hereabout, it is said to go up, ( Joshua 15:5 ) ; because there, as Jarchi observes, the measure was from east to west, but here from west to east:

to the end of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of the son
of Hinnom;
this south border of Benjamin is the same with the north border of Judah; and the same places are mentioned in the description of the one as of the other, see ( Joshua 15:8 ) . The mountain is Mount Moriah,

[and] which [is] in the valley of the giants on the north;
on the north of the valley of Rephaim:

and descended to the valley of Hinnom;
the border from the end of Mount Moriah to that valley:

to the side of Jebusi on the south;
to the south side of Jerusalem, having that city on the south;

and descended to Enrogel; of which (See Gill on Joshua 15:7).

Joshua 18:16 In-Context

14 The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim ), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.
15 Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.
16 The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom , which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.
17 It extended northward and went to En-shemesh and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
18 It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah.

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