Joshua 18:16

16 and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone 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 and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which [is] at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this [is] the west quarter.

15 And the south quarter [is] from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;

16 and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down [to] En-Rogel,

17 and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben,

18 and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah;