Joshua 15:2 - New King James Version

² And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And their south boundary was from the end of the Salt [Dead] Sea, from the bay that faces southward;

American Standard Version (1901)

² And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;

Common English Bible

² Their south border ran from the end of the Dead Sea, from the bay that faces south.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Its beginning was from the summit of the very salty sea, and from its bay, which looks toward the south.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

Joshua 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 14:3

All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Isaiah 11:15

The Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, And strike it in the seven streams, And make men cross over dry-shod.

Ezekiel 47:18

“On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

Ezekiel 47:8

Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.

Numbers 34:3

Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea;

Joshua 15:1

So this was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary.

Joshua 15:3

Then it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa.

Joshua 3:16

that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.