Joshua 15:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.”
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“The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:”
King James Version · Public Domain“and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it <FI>is<Fi> Chesalon), on the north, and gone down <FI>to<Fi> Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 15:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
- Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 19:38Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 21:16Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
- Judges 14:1One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
- Judges 14:5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
- 1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
- 1 Samuel 6:12And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 2 Kings 14:11But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
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