Joshua 15:38
36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- KJV
- And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- WEB
- Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
- ASV
- and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- DARBY
- and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- BLB
- and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- ÅB
- og Dilan og Mispe og Jokte'el,
- OTB
- Dilean, og Mispe, og bosetningen Jokteel,
- B1930
- og Dilan og Mispe og Jokte'el,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 14:7
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:16
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:5–6
Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
Read in contextGenesis 31:48–49
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
Read in context1 Samuel 10:17
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
Read in contextJudges 21:5
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
Read in contextJudges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
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