Parallel Verses New Living Translation The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea, King James Bible And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Darby Bible Translation And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; World English Bible Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward; Young's Literal Translation and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward; Joshua 15:2 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible15:2 The bay - Heb. the tongue: either a creek or arm of that sea; or a promontory, which by learned authors is sometimes called a tongue. Every sea is salt, but this had an extraordinary saltness, the effect of that fire and brimstone which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah: the ruins of which lie buried at the bottom of this dead water, which never was moved itself by any tides, nor had any living thing in it. Joshua 15:2 Parallel Commentaries Library The Coast of the Asphaltites, the Essenes. En-Gedi. "On the western shore" (of the Asphaltites) "dwell the Essenes; whom persons, guilty of any crimes, fly from on every side. A nation it is that lives alone, and of all other nations in the whole world, most to be admired; they are without any woman; all lust banished, &c. Below these, was the town Engadda, the next to Jerusalem for fruitfulness, and groves of palm-trees, now another burying-place. From thence stands Massada, a castle in a rock, and this castle not far from the Asphaltites." Solinus, … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah Moses and his Writings The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal Cross References Joshua 15:1 The allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah reached southward to the border of Edom, as far south as the wilderness of Zin. Joshua 15:3 ran south of Scorpion Pass into the wilderness of Zin, and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where it turned toward Karka. Jump to Previous Bay Border Boundary End Inlet Looks Part Ran Salt Salt-Sea Sea Shore South Southern Southward Started Tongue Turns UttermostJump to Next Bay Border Boundary End Inlet Looks Part Ran Salt Salt-Sea Sea Shore South Southern Southward Started Tongue Turns UttermostLinks Joshua 15:2 NIVJoshua 15:2 NLT Joshua 15:2 ESV Joshua 15:2 NASB Joshua 15:2 KJV Joshua 15:2 Bible Apps Joshua 15:2 Biblia Paralela Joshua 15:2 Chinese Bible Joshua 15:2 French Bible Joshua 15:2 German Bible Joshua 15:2 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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