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

1This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south border. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and turned about to Karkaa: 4From there it passed toward Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the ends of that border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.

Joshua 15:2 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Joshua 15:2

• Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over opposite Jericho.
• Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
• Numbers 34:3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
• Ezekiel 47:8Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
• Isaiah 11:15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the 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
• 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