Joshua 15 · Verse 28

Joshua 15:28

And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,
Joshua 15:28, King James Version

Joshua 15:28 in other translations

BSBHazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
WEBHazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
ASVand Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
YLTand Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,
DARBYand Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
BBEAnd Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
WebsterAnd Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,

What does Joshua 15:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 15:21-63

Jos 15:21-63. Cities of Judah. 21-63. the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah--There is given a list of cities within the tribal territory of Judah, arranged in four divisions, corresponding to the districts of which it consisted--the cities in the southern part (Jos 15:21-32), those in the lowlands (Jos 15:33-47), those in the highlands (Jos 15:48-60), and those in the desert (Jos 15:61, 62). One…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Beer-sheba - A city, famous in the book of Genesis as the residence of the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, Gen 22:19; Gen 28:10; Gen 46:1. See the note on Gen 21:31. It lay on the way between Canaan and Egypt, about forty miles from Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 15:20-63

Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but little among the thousands of Judah, Mi 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities.

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Joshua 15:28 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.

וַחֲצַ֥רva.cha.Tzarand HazarH2705
שׁוּעָ֛לshu.'AlShualH2705
וּבְאֵ֥רu.ve.'Erand BeerH884
שֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'ShebaH884
וּבִזְיוֹתְיָֽה\׃u.viz.yot.Yahand BiziothiahH964

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

Cross references for Joshua 15:28

  • Genesis 26:33

    And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

  • Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:28

    And they dwelt at Beer–sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar–shual,

  • Genesis 21:31-33

    Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them. Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

  • Joshua 19:2-3

    And they had in their inheritance Beer–sheba, Sheba, and Moladah, And Hazar–shual, and Balah, and Azem,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hazar-shual.
19:3; 1Ch 4:28
Beer-sheba.
19:2; Ge 21:14,31-33; 26:33
Bizjoth-jah.Instead of Bizjothjah, the LXX. read, "and their towns and villages."

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

Context

  • Joshua 15:27

    And Hazar–gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth–palet,

  • Joshua 15:28

    And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,

  • Joshua 15:29

    Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

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Joshua 15:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Hasar-sual, Beersebah, y Bizotia,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Hatsar-Shual, et Beër-Shéba, et Biziothia;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Hazar-Schual und Beerseba und Bisjothja;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Hasersual et Bersabee et Baziothia,