Joshua 15:2

2 Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

Joshua 15:2 in Other Translations

2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

2 And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

2 The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,

2 The southern border ran from the tip of the Salt Sea south of The Tongue;

2 Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay

Joshua 15:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:2

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea
Sometimes called the dead sea, the sea of Sodom, and the lake Asphaltites, which, as Jarchi observes, was southeast of the land of Israel:

from the bay that looketh southward;
or the "tongue", as the Hebrew, which the Targum and Kimchi interpret of a rock or promontory, the point that ran out into the sea, looking to the southeast.

Joshua 15:2 In-Context

1 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.

2 Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

3 crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.

4 It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their southern boundary.

5 The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 14:3