Josué 15:10

10 De Baala el límite giraba hacia el occidente, hasta el monte Seir, y continuaba hasta la ladera del monte Jearim al norte, es decir, Quesalón, y bajaba a Bet-semes, y continuaba por Timna.

Josué 15:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:10

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount
Seir
Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjearim; and which Adrichomius ^F20 places on the borders of Azotus and Ashkelon: this compass is fetched from the north to the west:

and passed along unto the side of the mount Jearim, which [is]
Chesalon, on the north side;
that is, on the north side of the mount, which went by both those names; and which Jerom ^F21 places on the borders of Aelia or Jerusalem; but it seems to be at a distance from thence, and near to Kirjathjearim, and had its name, as that, from the multitude of trees that grow on it:

and went down to Bethshemesh;
there were several cities of this name; but this, according to Jerom ^F23, was a Levite's city in the tribe of Benjamin, and in his day was shown as you go from Eleutherepolis to Nicopolis or Emmaus, ten miles to the east; according to Burchard ^F24, it was five miles from Kirjathjearim to the south; and Bunting ^F25 places it four miles from Jerusalem westward, taking it for a city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 21:16 ) ( 1 Samuel 6:12 ) ;

and passed on to Timnah;
which, in Jerom's time, was a large village on the borders of Lydda, as you go to Jerusalem, in the tribe of Judah, or Dan ^F26; his placed in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:57 ) ; though thought to be afterwards given to Dan; here Judah sheared his sheep, (See Gill on Genesis 38:12).

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 24.
F21 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. F.
F23 Ib. fol. 89. H.
F24 Apud Masium in loc.
F25 Travels, p. 124.
F26 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C.

Josué 15:10 In-Context

8 Después el límite subía por el valle de Ben-hinom hasta la ladera del jebuseo al sur, es decir, Jerusalén, y subía hasta la cumbre del monte que está frente al valle de Hinom hacia el occidente, que está al extremo del valle de Refaim hacia el norte.

9 Y desde la cumbre del monte el límite doblaba hacia la fuente de las aguas de Neftoa, y seguía hasta las ciudades del monte Efrón, girando hacia Baala, es decir, Quiriat-jearim.

10 De Baala el límite giraba hacia el occidente, hasta el monte Seir, y continuaba hasta la ladera del monte Jearim al norte, es decir, Quesalón, y bajaba a Bet-semes, y continuaba por Timna.

11 Y hacia el norte el límite seguía por el lado de Ecrón, girando hacia Sicrón, y continuaba hasta el monte Baala, seguía hasta Jabneel y terminaba en el mar.

12 El límite occidental era el mar Grande, es decir, su costa. Este es el límite alrededor de los hijos de Judá conforme a sus familias.