Joshua 16:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ It then descended westwards to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer,  and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the outskirts of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the sea.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.

Common English Bible

³ It goes down westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer. It ends at the sea.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And it descends to the west, beside the border of Japhleti, as far as the borders of lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer. And the last parts of its regions are by the great sea.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And goeth down westward, by the border of Jephleti, unto the borders of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer. And the countries of it are ended by the great sea.

Joshua 16:3 Cross References

1 Chronicles 20:4

After this,  a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,  , and the Philistines were subdued.

1 Chronicles 7:24

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon  and Uzzen-sheerah,

1 Chronicles 7:28

Their holdings and settlements were Bethel  and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

2 Chronicles 8:5

He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon   #– #fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars   #– #

Numbers 34:6

Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.

Joshua 10:33

At that time King Horam of Gezer went to help Lachish,  but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

Joshua 18:13

From there the border went towards Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

1 Samuel 13:18

The next division headed towards the Beth-horon  road, and the last division headed down the border road that looks out over the Zeboim Valley  towards the wilderness.