Joshua 18:18

18 It passes [on] to the slope opposite the Arabah to the north, and it goes down to the Arabah.

Joshua 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah
northward
The same with Betharabah, ( Joshua 15:6 ) ; and so it is called here in the Greek version:

and went down unto Arabah;
the same as before, and included it, for it is mentioned among the cities of this tribe, ( Joshua 18:22 ) .

Joshua 18:18 In-Context

16 the border goes down to the foot of the mountain, which [is] opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of Rephaim to the north; then it does down the valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south, and then it goes down [to] En Rogel.

17 It changes direction from [the] north, and it continues [to] En Shemesh; it goes out to Geliloth, which [is] opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it goes down [to] the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben.

18 It passes [on] to the slope opposite the Arabah to the north, and it goes down to the Arabah.

19 The border passes [on] to the slope of Beth-hoglah to the north and {ends} at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan. This is the southern border.

20 The Jordan forms its border on the eastern side. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, its borders that surrounds [them], according to their families.

Footnotes

• [a]. A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley
• [b]. A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley