Joshua 15:55

Conservative English Version

The eighth region was located in the southeastern part of the hill country, and it had the following ten towns with their surrounding villages: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:35

(SEE 23:24)

1 Kings 18:42

Ahab left, but Elijah climbed back to the top of Mount Carmel. Then he stooped down with his face almost to the ground

1 Chronicles 2:42

Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, had the following descendants: Mesha, Ziph, Mareshah, Hebron,

1 Chronicles 2:45

the grandfather of Maon, and the great-grandfather of Bethzur.

2 Chronicles 11:8

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

2 Chronicles 26:10

He also built defense towers out in the desert. He owned such a large herd of livestock in the western foothills and in the flatlands, that he had cisterns dug there to catch the rainwater. He loved farming, so he had crops and vineyards planted in the hill country wherever there was fertile soil, and he hired farmers to take care of them.

Isaiah 35:2

Deserts will bloom everywhere and sing joyful songs. They will be as majestic as Mount Lebanon, as glorious as Mount Carmel or Sharon Valley. Everyone will see the wonderful splendor of the LORD our God. *

Joshua 15:24

(SEE 15:21)

Joshua 15:54

(SEE 15:52)

Joshua 15:56

(SEE 15:55)

Joshua 19:26

(SEE 19:24)

Joshua 21:16

(SEE 21:9)

1 Samuel 15:12

Early the next morning he went to talk with Saul. Someone told him, "Saul went to Carmel, where he had a monument built so everyone would remember his victory. Then he left for Gilgal."

1 Samuel 23:24

The people from Ziph went back ahead of Saul, and they found out that David and his men were still south of Jeshimon in the Maon Desert.

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his army set out to find David. But David heard that Saul was coming, and he went to a place called The Rock, one of his hideouts in Maon Desert. Saul found out where David was and started closing in on him.

1 Samuel 25:2

Nabal was a very rich man who lived in Maon. He owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, which he kept at Carmel. His wife Abigail was sensible and beautiful, but he was from the Caleb clan and was rough and mean.

1 Samuel 25:7

I've heard that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. When your shepherds were with us in Carmel, we didn't harm them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.