Joshua 8:18
out ..................... held <05186> [Stretch.]
curved ...................... curved <03591> [the spear.]
The word {keedon} is rendered {clypeum,} a shield or buckler, by the Vulgate but the LXX. translate it [gaison,] which Suidas says, signifies a kind of weapon, [hoion doratos,] like a spear. It may denote a short spear, javelin, or lance; for it is evident that it signifies neither the larger spear nor the shield, because it is distinguished from both.
Joshua may have had a flag or ensign at the end of the spear, which might be seen at a considerable distance when extended, which was the sign agreed upon by him and the ambush.
Joshua 14:6
Gilgal <01537> [Gilgal.]
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
Kenizzite <07074> [Kenezite.]
know <03045> [Thou knowest.]
man <0376> [the man.]
Kadesh Barnea <06947> [Kadesh-barnea.]
Joshua 15:7
Debir <01688> [Debir.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Gilgal <01537> [Gilgal.]
Adummim <0131> [Adummim.]
A town and mountain of Benjamin (Jos 18:17,) near Jericho, towards Jerusalem.
En Shemesh <05885> [En-shemesh.]
Situated east of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and Benjamin.
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel.]
Supposed to be the same as the fountain of Siloam, east of Jerusalem, at the foot of mount Zion.
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.
Joshua 20:6
Joshua 22:11
received <08085> [heard.]
side <05676> [at the passage.]
