Joshua 13 · Verse 17

Joshua 13:17

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
Joshua 13:17, King James Version

Joshua 13:17 in other translations

BSBto Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
WEBHeshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
ASVHeshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
YLTHeshbon, and all its cities which are in the plain, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-Meon,
DARBYHeshbon, and all her cities that are in the plateau, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-meon,
BBEHeshbon and all her towns in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;
WebsterHeshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

What does Joshua 13:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Bamoth-baal - The high places of Baal, probably so called from altars erected on hills for the impure worship of this Canaanitish Priapus.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹןchesh.BonHeshbonH2809
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
עָרֶ֖יהָ'a.Rei.hacities itsH5892
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בַּמִּישֹׁ֑רba.mi.Shor[are] in the plainH4334
דִּיבוֹן֙di.VonDibonH1769
וּבָמ֣וֹתu.va.Motand BamothH1120
בַּ֔עַלBa.'alBaalH1168
וּבֵ֖יתu.Veitand BethH1004
בַּ֥עַלBa.'alBaalH1186
מְעֽוֹן\׃me.'onMeonH1186

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 13:17

  • Numbers 22:41

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

  • Numbers 21:19

    And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

  • Numbers 32:38

    And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dibon.Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon.
Bamoth-baal. or, the high places of Baal, and the house ofBaal-meon.
Nu 21:19; 22:41; 32:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 13:16

    And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

  • Joshua 13:17

    Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,

  • Joshua 13:18

    And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

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Joshua 13:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hesbón, con todas sus villas que están en la llanura; Dibón, y Bamoth-baal, y Beth-baal-meón;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Hesbon et toutes ses villes, qui étaient sur le plateau: Dibon, et Bamoth-Baal, et Beth-Baal-Méon,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hesbon und alle seine Städte, die in der Ebene sind: Dibon und Bamoth-Baal und Beth-Baal-Meon,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Hesebon, cunctosque viculos earum, qui sunt in campestribus: Dibon quoque et Bamothbaal, et oppidum Baalmaon,