Joshua 15 · Verse 59

Joshua 15:59

And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:59, King James Version

Joshua 15:59 in other translations

BSBMaarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages.
WEBMaarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
ASVand Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
YLTand Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.
DARBYand Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.
BBEAnd Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.
WebsterAnd Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

What does Joshua 15:59 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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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 15:59 in the original Hebrew

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וּמַעֲרָ֥תu.ma.'a.Ratand MaarathH4638
וּבֵית\־u.veit-and BethH1042
עֲנ֖וֹתa.NotAnothH1042
וְאֶלְתְּקֹ֑ןve.'el.te.Konand EltekonH515
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
שֵׁ֖שׁsheshsixH8337
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן\׃ve.chatz.rei.Henand villages theirH2691

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

Context

  • Joshua 15:58

    Halhul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,

  • Joshua 15:59

    And Maarath, and Beth–anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

  • Joshua 15:60

    Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

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Joshua 15:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Maarath, y Beth-anoth, y Eltecón; seis ciudades con sus aldeas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Maarath, et Beth-Anoth, et Elthekon: six villes et leurs hameaux;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Maarath und Beth-Anoth und Eltekon: sechs Städte und ihre Dörfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mareth, et Bethanoth, et Eltecon: civitates sex et villæ earum.