Joshua 15 · Verse 10

Joshua 15:10

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua 15:10, King James Version

Joshua 15:10 in other translations

BSBThe border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
WEBand the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
ASVand the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
YLTand the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it is Chesalon), on the north, and gone down to Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;
DARBYand the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearim, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.
BBEThen turning west, the line goes from Baalah to Mount Seir, and on to the side of Mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north, then down to Beth-shemesh, and on past Timnah:
WebsterAnd the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

What does Joshua 15:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Beth-shemesh - The house or temple of the sun. It is evident that the sun was an object of adoration among the Canaanites; and hence fountains, hills, etc., were dedicated to him. Beth-shemesh is remarkable for the slaughter of its inhabitants, in consequence of their prying curiously, if not impiously, into the ark of the Lord, when sent back by the Philistines. See 1Sam 6:19.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 15:1-12

Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned. In due time all God's people are settled.

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Joshua 15:10 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.

וְנָסַב֩ve.na.Savand it turnsH5437
הַגְּב֨וּלha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366
מִבַּעֲלָ֥הmi.ba.'a.Lahfrom BaalahH1173
יָ֙מָּה֙ya.mahwest -wardH3220
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַ֣רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
שֵׂעִ֔ירse.'IrSeirH8165
וְעָבַ֕רve.'a.Varand it passes onH5674
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כֶּ֧תֶףKe.tef[the] slope ofH3802
הַר\־har-[the] mountain ofH2022
יְעָרִ֛יםye.'a.RimJearimH3297
מִצָּפ֖וֹנָהmi.tza.Fo.nahfrom north -wardH6828
הִ֣יאhi'thatH1931
כְסָל֑וֹןkhe.sa.Lon[is] KesalonH3693
וְיָרַ֥דve.ya.Radand it goes downH3381
בֵּֽית\־beit-BethH1053
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁShe.meshShemeshH1053
וְעָבַ֥רve.'a.Varand it passes onH5674
תִּמְנָֽה\׃tim.NahTimnahH8553

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Cross references for Joshua 15:10

  • Judges 14:1

    And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

  • Joshua 15:57

    Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

  • Genesis 38:12-13

    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

  • 1 Samuel 6:12-21

    And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh. And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth–shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. …

  • Judges 14:5

    Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beth-shemesh.Placed by Eusebius ten miles east from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis.
1Sa 6:12-21
Timnah.
57; Ge 38:13; Jud 14:1,5

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

Context

  • Joshua 15:9

    And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath–jearim:

  • Joshua 15:10

    And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

  • Joshua 15:11

    And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

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Joshua 15:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después torna este término desde Baala hacia el occidente al monte de Seir: y pasa al lado del monte de Jearim hacia el norte, esta es Chesalón, y desciende á Beth-semes, y pasa á Timna.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et la frontière faisait un détour depuis Baala, vers l’occident, jusqu’à la montagne de Séhir; et elle passait à côté de la montagne de Jéarim, qui est Kesalon, vers le nord; et elle descendait à Beth-Shémesh et passait par Thimna.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und von Baala wandte sich die Grenze gegen Westen nach dem Gebirge Seir und ging hinüber nach der Nordseite des Berges Jearim, das ist Kesalon, und sie stieg hinab nach Beth-Semes und ging hinüber nach Timna;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et circuit de Baala contra occidentem, usque ad montem Seir: transitque juxta latus montis Jarim ad aquilonem in Cheslon: et descendit in Bethsames, transitque in Thamna.