Joshua 15:2

Joshua 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
• New International Version (NIV)Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

Context of Joshua 15:2

1And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south. And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; 3and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah, 4and passed on to Azmon, and went out by the torrent of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. That shall be your border southward.

Joshua 15:2 word by word

וַיְהִ֤י לָהֶם֙ גְּב֣וּל נֶ֔גֶב מִקְצֵ֖ה יָ֣ם הַמֶּ֑לַח מִן־הַלָּשֹׁ֖ן הַפֹּנֶ֥ה נֶֽגְבָּה׃Read the interlinear

• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• saltמֶ֫לַחmelach · Salt (Sea)H4417
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• turnsפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437

Cross-references for Joshua 15:2

• Joshua 3:16the waters which flowed down from above stood [and] rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.
• Genesis 14:3All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
• Numbers 34:3Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward;
• Ezekiel 47:8And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters [thereof] shall be healed.
• Isaiah 11:15And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind will he shake his hand over the river, and will smite it into seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2From the bay that looketh southward - These were the southern limits of the tribe of Judah, which commenced at the extremity of the lake Asphaltites or Dead Sea, and terminated at Sihor or the river of Egypt, and Mediterranean Sea; though some think it extended to the Nile.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Judah’s southern boundary extended well into the desert of the Negev, which had little if any settled population throughout the Old Testament period.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the bay--Hebrew, "tongue." It pushes its waters out in this form to a great distance [Robinson].Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 15:2

• Salt

In the dictionaries

• Salt Sea
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Bay (2)
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the
• Joshua (2)
• Joshua, Book of
• Judah, Territory of
• Lasha

Commentaries on Joshua 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings