Joshua 18 · Verse 28

Joshua 18:28

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Joshua 18:28, King James Version

Joshua 18:28 in other translations

BSBZelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
WEBZelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
ASVand Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
YLTand Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it is Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.
DARBYand Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
BBEAnd Zela, Eleph and the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. This is the heritage of the children of Benjamin by their families.
WebsterAnd Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, (which is Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

What does Joshua 18:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 And Zelah - This was the burying-place of Saul, Jonathan, and the family of Kish. See 2Sam 21:14. Jebusi, which is Jerusalem - We often meet with this name, and it is evident that it was the ancient name of Jerusalem, which was also called Salem; and was probably the place in which Melchizedek reigned in the days of Abraham; though some think a different place is meant; for that there was another place of the same name, is evident from Joh 3:23. This place, called Salim by the evangelist, is said to be near to Enon, and there John baptized, because there was much water in the place. This, however, must not be confounded with the Salem mentioned above; for that this was a name of Jerusalem, is evident from Psa 76:1, Psa 76:2 : In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. This must refer to Jerusalem, where the temple was situated. Whether Jebus or Jebusi had its name from the Jebusites, or the Jebusites from it, cannot be ascertained.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 18:11-28

The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the hill and the valley, the corn and pasture, the brooks and rivers, the towns and cities. Is the lot of any servant of Christ cast in affliction and sorrow? It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. Are we in prosperity…

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Joshua 18:28 in the original Hebrew

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וְצֵלַ֡עve.tze.La'and ZelahH6762
הָאֶ֜לֶףha.'E.lefHaelephH507
וְהַיְבוּסִ֨יve.hay.vu.Siand the JebusiteH2983
הִ֤יאhi'thatH1931
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.Lim[is] JerusalemH3389
גִּבְעַ֣תgiv.'AtGibeahH1394
קִרְיַ֔תkir.YatKiriathH7157
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
אַרְבַּֽע\־'ar.ba'-four-H702
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
וְחַצְרֵיהֶ֑ןve.chatz.rei.Henand villages theirH2691
זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063
נַֽחֲלַ֥תna.cha.Lat[was] [the] inheritance ofH5159
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם\׃\ \פle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940

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Cross references for Joshua 18:28

  • 2 Samuel 21:14

    And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

  • Joshua 15:8

    And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

  • Isaiah 10:29

    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  • Judges 19:12-15

    And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

  • 2 Samuel 5:8

    And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

  • Joshua 18:16

    And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

  • Joshua 15:63

    As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

  • Numbers 33:54

    And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

  • 1 Samuel 13:15-16

    And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

  • Judges 20:4-5

    And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

  • 1 Samuel 10:26

    And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

  • Hosea 10:9

    O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zelah.
2Sa 21:14
Jebusi.
16; 15:8,63; 2Sa 5:8
Gibeath.
Jud 19:12-15; 20:4,5; 1Sa 10:26; 13:15,16; Isa 10:29; Ho 10:9
Gibeah. according.
Nu 26:54; 33:54

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Context

  • Joshua 18:27

    And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

  • Joshua 18:28

    And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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Joshua 18:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Sela, Eleph, Jebus, que es Jerusalem, Gibeath, y Chîriath; catorce ciudades con sus aldeas. Esta es la heredad de los hijos de Benjamín, conforme á sus familias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Tséla, Éleph, et Jébus, qui est Jérusalem, Guibha, Kiriath: 14 villes et leurs hameaux. Tel fut l’héritage des fils de Benjamin, selon leurs familles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Zela, Eleph, und die Jebusiter, das ist Jerusalem, Gibeath, Kirjath: vierzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer. Das war das Erbteil der Kinder Benjamin nach ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et Sela, Eleph, et Jebus, quæ est Jerusalem, Gabaath et Cariath: civitates quatuordecim, et villæ earum. Hæc est possessio filiorum Benjamin juxta familias suas.