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- Jos 19:1-9 -- Simeon's Tribal Lands
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Balah
[ebd] a city in the tribe of Simeon (Josh. 19:3), elsewhere called Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29) and Baalah (Josh. 15:29).
[isbe] BALAH - ba'la balah; Bola: A place, unidentified, in the territory of Simeon (Josh 19:3), called Bilhah in 1 Ch 4:29. It may be identical with Baalah in Judah (Josh 15:29).
[smith] (Joshua 19:3) [BAAL, Geogr. No. 2, b]
[nave] BALAH, a city of Simeon, Josh. 19:3. Called Bilhah, 1 Chr. 4:29.
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Baalah
[ebd] mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah. (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), call...
[isbe] BAALAH - ba'-a-la ba`alah; "possessor," "mistress "): Three occurrences of this name: (1) = KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see) (Josh 15:9,10; 1 Ch 13:6). (2) A city in the Negeb of Judah (Josh 15:29). In Josh 19:3 Balah and in 1 Ch ...
[nave] BAALAH 1. A city in the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:29. Apparently identical with Balah, Josh. 19:3; and Bilhah, 1 Chr. 4:29. 2. A city in the N. of Judah called also Kirjath-Jearim, which see. 3. A mountain in Judah, Josh. 15:...
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Azem
[isbe] AZEM - a'-zem: the King James Version form for Ezem (thus the Revised Version (British and American)) (Josh 15:29; 19:3).
[smith] (bone), a city in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:29) afterwards allotted to Simeon. (Joshua 19:3) Elsewhere it is EZEM.
[nave] AZEM, a city in the S. of Judah. Called also Ezem, Josh. 15:29; 19:3; 1 Chr. 4:29.
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Simeon
[smith] (heard). The second of Jacob?s son by Leah. His birth is recorded in (Genesis 29:33) The first group of Jacob?s children consists, besides Simeon, of the three other sons of Leah --Reuben, Levi, Judah. Besides the massacre o...
[nave] SIMEON 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 29:33; 35:23; Ex. 1:1, 2; 1 Chr. 2:1. With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah, Gen. 34; 49:5-7. Jacob's denunciation of, Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7. Goes down into Egypt to buy g...
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Ezem
[isbe] EZEM - e'-zem (`etsem, "bone"; Boosal, Boasom): A city in the extreme South of Judah, assigned to Simeon. Some identify it with Azmon (Josh 15:29; 19:3; 1 Ch 4:29).
[nave] EZEM, called also Azem. A city of Simeon, Josh. 15:29; 19:3; 1 Chr. 4:29.
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Amam
[nave] AMAM A city of Judah, Josh. 15:26. Probably situated within the district assigned afterward to Simeon, Josh. 19:1-9.
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Joshua
[nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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Bilhah
[nave] BILHAH 1. Rachel's servant, bears children by Jacob, Gen. 29:29; 30:3, 4; 37:2. Mother of Dan and Naphtali, Gen. 30:1-8; 35:25; 46:23, 25. Reuben's incest with, Gen. 35:22; 49:4. 2. A place in the land of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4...
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Hazar-shual
[nave] HAZAR-SHUAL, a town on the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:28; 19:3; 1 Chr. 4:28; Neh. 11:27.
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Bizjothjah
[nave] BIZJOTHJAH, a town in Judah, Josh. 15:28. Called Bizjothjah-baalah, v. 32;Baalath-beer, Josh. 19:8; and Balah, Josh. 19:3.
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NEKEB
[smith] (cavern), one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:3) It lay between Adami and Jabneel. A great number of commentators have taken this name as being connected with the preceding.
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NEGEB
[isbe] NEGEB - neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the Septuagint it is usually translated ere...
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BILHAH (2)
[isbe] BILHAH (2) - bil'-ha (place) (bilhah; Codex Alexandrinus, Balaa; Codex Vaticanus, Abella): A city in Simeon (1 Ch 4:29) = Baalah (Josh 15:29), Balah (Josh 19:3), and Baalath (Josh 19:44). Unidentified.
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Simeon, The tribe of
[ebd] was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thir...
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 2
[isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
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HAZAR
[isbe] HAZAR - ha'-zar (chatsar, construct of chatser, "an enclosure," "settlement," or "village"): Is frequently the first element in Hebrew place-names. 1. Hazar-addar: Hazar-addar (Hebrew chatsar 'addar), a place on the southern...
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SIMEON (1)
[isbe] SIMEON (1) - sim'-e-on (shim`on; Sumeon; the Hebrew root is from shama`, "to hear" (Gen 29:33); some modern scholars (Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, etc.) derive it from Arabic sima`, "the offspring of the hyena and female wolf...
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JOSHUA (2)
[isbe] JOSHUA (2) - || I. FORM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME II. HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSHUA 1. First Appearance 2. The Minister of Moses 3. One of the Spies 4. The Head of the People (1) His First Act--Sending of the Spies (2) Crossi...
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HAZER
[smith] topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it appears in the Authorized Version -- In the plural, HAZERIM and HAZEBOTH, for which see below. In the slightly different form of HAZOR...
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