Joshua 15:2
Salt Sea <03220 04417> [the salt sea.]
<03956> [bay. Heb. tongue.]
Joshua 17:10
Joshua 18:14
Kiriath Baal <07154> [Kirjath-baal.]
Joshua 15:1
allotted <01486> [A.M. 2561. B.C. 1443. An. Ex. Is. 48. This then was the lot.]
The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative.
border <01366> [even to the.]
Joshua 18:15
Nephtoah <05318> [Nephtoah.]
Joshua 17:9
[river Kanah. or, brook of reeds.]
The brook Kanah seem to be what is now called Nahr el Kasab, which falls into the Mediterranean a few miles south of C‘sarea of Palestine, mentioned by the Hon. C. L. Irby, and J. Mangles.
cities ..... cities <05892> [these cities.]
ended <08444> [the out-goings.]
sea <03220> [the sea. The Mediterranean.]
Joshua 18:13
Luz .... slope ... Luz <03870 03802> [side of Luz.]
Beth Horon <01032> [Beth-horon.]
Joshua 18:16
Valley ................... Valley <01516 01121> [the valley of the son.]
Valley ........ Valley .... Rephaites ......... Valley <01516 07497 06010> [the valley of the giants. See on ch.]
Jebusites <02983> [Jebusi.]
Mount zion, south of Jerusalem; for Jebusi or Jebus was the ancient name of that city.
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel.]
Joshua 18:19
tip <03956> [bay. Heb. tongue.]
Salt <04417> [the salt.]
southern <05045> [this was the.]
The borders of this tribe on the north were the same as those of Ephraim on the south, and his southern boundaries the same as the northern borders of Judah; but drawn from west to east, instead of from east to west (ch. 15:1-12; ch. 16.) As the inheritance of Benjamin did not extend to the Mediterranean sea, and no other sea or lake is known to have been in those parts, perhaps this depression, "compassed the corner of the sea southward," (ver. 14,) should be rendered, "made a circuit on the side next the sea towards the south;" for it seems to connect the northern border, in the preceding verses, with the southern which follows.
