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Joshua 15:8

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites. Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley.

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From there it went to the bottom of the hill at the northern end of Rephaim Valley. The other side of this hill faces Hinnom Valley, which is on the land that slopes south from Jerusalem. The border went down through Hinnom Valley until it reached Enrogel.

The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and the people of the Judah tribe could not capture the city and get rid of them. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Judah.

But the Levite decided not to spend the night there again. He had the saddles put on his two donkeys, then he and his wife and servant traveled as far as Jebus, which is now called Jerusalem.

Josiah sent some men to Hinnom Valley just outside Jerusalem with orders to make the altar there unfit for worship. That way, people could no longer use it for sacrificing their children to the god Molech.

The Jebusites were living in Jerusalem, and the Benjamin tribe did not defeat them or capture the town. That's why Jebusites still live in Jerusalem along with the people of Benjamin.

I went to Topheth, where I told the people what the Lord had said. Then I went to the temple courtyard and shouted to the people,

So watch out! Someday this place will no longer be called Topheth or Hinnom Valley. It will be called Slaughter Valley!

and go to Hinnom Valley, just outside Potsherd Gate. Tell the people that I have said:

Israel will be like wheat fields in Rephaim Valley picked clean of grain.

and he offered sacrifices in Hinnom Valley. Worst of all, Ahaz sacrificed his own sons, which was a disgusting custom of the nations that the Lord had forced out of Israel.

Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley.

So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.

They attacked Jerusalem, captured it, killed everyone who lived there, and then burned it to the ground.

Jerusalem was called Jebus at the time, and David led Israel's army to attack the town.

Zanoah, Adullam, Lachish, and Azekah. In fact, they settled the towns from Beersheba in the south to Hinnom Valley in the north.




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