Joshua 18:25

Joshua 18:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
• New International Version (NIV)Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Context of Joshua 18:25

23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, 24Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba – a total of twelve cities and their towns. Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 26Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, 27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

Joshua 18:25 word by word

גִּבְע֥וֹן וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה וּבְאֵרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
• and Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414
• and Beerothבְּאֵרוֹתbe'êrôth · BeerothH881

Cross-references for Joshua 18:25

• Joshua 9:17So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities – Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
• Joshua 10:2All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.
• 1 Kings 3:4The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
• 1 Kings 9:2the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
• Isaiah 28:21For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.
• 1 Samuel 1:1There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
• Joshua 7:17He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected.
• Joshua 15:34Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
• Jeremiah 31:15The Lord says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”
• Matthew 27:57Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

Commentaries on Joshua 18:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Gibeon - See before, Joshua 10:1-14; (note). This place is famous for the confederacy of the five kings against Israel, and their miraculous defeat. Ramah, a place about six or eight miles north of Jerusalem. Beeroth, i.e., wells; one of the four cities which belonged to the Gibeonites, who made peace with the Israelites by stratagem. See Joshua 9:3-15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-28Verses 11-28 See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown. Joshua 18:14 And compassed the corner … - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point. Joshua 18:21 The “Valley of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-28Verses 11-28 The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the hill and the valley, the corn and pasture, the brooks and rivers, the towns and cities. Is the lot of any servant of Christ cast in affliction and sorrow? It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. Are we in prosperity and peace? It is from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-28Judah's land had 11 or 12 districts (see study note on 15:59). The tribe of Benjamin had 2, with a total of 26 towns. However, Benjamin's location between the lands of Judah and Joseph gave it much greater economic and military importance than its size would suggest.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 18:25

• Beeroth
• Benjamin
• Gibeon
• Ramah

In the dictionaries

• Gibeon
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Commentaries on Joshua 18

• 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