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

1The 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. Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, 3extended south of the Scorpion Ascent, crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 4It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, and ended at the sea. This was their southern border.

Joshua 15:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And their southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• was from the shoreקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of the saltמֶ֫לַחmelach · Salt (Sea)H4417
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• from the bayלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongue: barH3956
• that lookethפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437

Cross-references for Joshua 15:2

• Joshua 3:16the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.
• Genesis 14:3These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
• Numbers 34:3your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,
• Ezekiel 47:8He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.
• Isaiah 11:15The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

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

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In the dictionaries

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

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