Joshua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Joshua 18:2

18:2 seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. ¹ 

Joshua 23:10

23:10 One of you makes a thousand run away, ²  for the Lord your God fights for you ³  as he promised you he would. ⁴ 

Joshua 23:2

23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

Joshua 1:3

1:3 I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 7:31-32

7:31 They have also built places of worship ⁶  in a place called Topheth ⁷  in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! ⁸  7:32 So, watch out!” ⁹  says the Lord. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley ¹⁰  the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 19:2

19:2 Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. ¹²  Announce there what I tell you. ¹³ 

Jeremiah 19:6

19:6 So I, the Lord, say: ¹⁴  “The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley ¹⁵  the Valley of Slaughter!

Jeremiah 19:14

19:14 Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord’s temple and stood ¹⁶  in its courtyard and called out to all the people.

¹ tn Heb “there were left among the sons of Israel who had not divided up their inheritance seven tribes.”

² tn Or “chases a thousand.”

³ tn Heb “for the Lord your God, he [is] the one who fights for you.”

⁴ tn Heb “as he said to you.”

⁵ tn Heb “Every place on which the sole of your foot walks, to you I have given it, as I said to Moses.” The second person pronouns in vv. 3-4 are plural, indicating that all the people are addressed here. The verbal form נְתַתִּיו (nÿtattiv, “I have given it”) is probably a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of the action. Another option is to translate, “I have already assigned it.” In this case the verb would probably refer to the Lord’s decree to Abraham that he would give this land to his descendants.

⁶ tn Heb “high places.”

⁷ tn Heb “the high places of [or in] Topheth.”

⁸ tn Heb “It never entered my heart.” The words “to command such a thing” do not appear in the Hebrew but are added for the sake of clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold!”

¹⁰ tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’

¹¹ tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”

¹² sn The exact location of the Potsherd Gate is unknown since it is nowhere else mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is sometimes identified with the Dung Gate mentioned in Neh 2:13; 3:13-14; 12:31 on the basis of the Jerusalem Targum. It is probably called “Potsherd Gate” because that is where the potter threw out the broken pieces of pottery which were no longer of use to him. The Valley of Ben Hinnom has already been mentioned in 7:31-32 in connection with the illicit religious practices, including child sacrifice, which took place there. The Valley of Ben Hinnom (or sometimes Valley of Hinnom) runs along the west and south sides of Jerusalem.

¹³ tn Heb “the words that I will speak to you.”

¹⁴ tn This phrase (Heb “Oracle of the Lord”) has been handled this way on several occasions when it occurs within first person addresses where the Lord is the speaker. See, e.g., 16:16; 17:24; 18:6.

¹⁵ tn Heb “it will no longer be called to this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “And Jeremiah entered from Topheth where the Lord had sent him to prophesy and he stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.”