15:60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah – a total of two cities and their towns.
15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. 1
7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 2 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 3 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 4 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 5
7:1 But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. 6 Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, 7 son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. 8 The Lord was furious with the Israelites. 9
1 tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”
2 tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the
3 tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).
4 tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the
5 tn Heb “the anger of the
6 tn Heb “But the sons of Israel were unfaithful with unfaithfulness concerning what was set apart [to the
7 tn 1 Chr 2:6 lists a “Zimri” (but no Zabdi) as one of the five sons of Zerah (cf. also 1 Chr 7:17, 18).
8 tn Heb “took from what was set apart [to the
9 tn Heb “the anger of the
10 tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”
11 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”
12 tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
13 tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
14 tn Heb “all the land of the Hittites.” The expression “the land of the Hittites” does not refer to Anatolia (modern Turkey), where the ancient Hittite kingdom of the second millennium
15 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
16 tn Heb “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, even to the great sea [at] the place where the sun sets, your territory will be.”