Joshua 15 · Verse 36

Joshua 15:36

And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:36, King James Version

Joshua 15:36 in other translations

BSBShaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
WEBShaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
ASVand Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
YLTand Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.
DARBYand Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.
BBEAnd Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.
WebsterAnd Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:

What does Joshua 15:36 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 36 Gederah - See the note on Jos 12:13. Fourteen cities - Well reckoned, we shall find fifteen cities here; but probably Gederah and Gederothaim (Jos 15:36) are the same. See the note on Jos 15:32.

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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 15:36 in the original Hebrew

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וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ve.sha.'a.Ra.yimand ShaaraimH8189
וַעֲדִיתַ֔יִםva.'a.di.Ta.yimand AdithaimH5723
וְהַגְּדֵרָ֖הve.ha.ge.de.Rahand <the> GederahH1449
וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִםu.ge.de.ro.Ta.yimand GederothaimH1453
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
אַרְבַּֽע\־'ar.ba'-four-H702
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן\׃ve.chatz.rei.Henand villages theirH2691

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

Cross references for Joshua 15:36

  • 1 Samuel 17:52

    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sharaim.
1Sa 17:52
Adithaim.Eusebius mentions two cities, called Adatha, one towards Gaza, and the other east of Lydda.
and Gede-rothaim. or, or. fourteen cities.There are fifteen in all; but the two last seem to be only two names of the same city.

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

Context

  • Joshua 15:35

    Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

  • Joshua 15:36

    And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:

  • Joshua 15:37

    Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal–gad,

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Joshua 15:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Saraim, y Adithaim, y Gedera, y Gederothaim; catorce ciudades con sus aldeas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Shaaraïm, et Adithaïm, et Guedéra, et Guedérothaïm: 14 villes et leurs hameaux;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Schaaraim und Adithaim und Gedera und Gederothaim: vierzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et Saraim et Adithaim et Gedera et Gederothaim: urbes quatuordecim, et villæ earum.