Joshua 15:8

Easy To Read Version

Then the border went through the Valley of Ben Hinnom beside the southern side of the Jebusite city. (That Jebusite city was called Jerusalem.) At that place the border went to the top of the hill on the west side of Hinnom Valley. This was at the northern end of Rephaim Valley.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:18

The Philistines came and camped in the Rephaim Valley.

2 Samuel 5:22

Again the Philistines came and camped in Rephaim Valley.

2 Kings 23:10

Topheth was a place in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son where people killed their children and burned them on an altar to honor the false god Molech. [289] Josiah defiled (ruined) that place so people could not use that place again.

1 Chronicles 11:4

David and all the people of Israel went to the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was called Jebus at that time. The people living in that city were named Jebusites. The people that lived in the city

2 Chronicles 28:3

Ahaz burned incense {\cf2\super [318]} in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. {\cf2\super [319]} He sacrificed {\cf2\super [320]} his own sons by burning them in the fire. He did the same terrible sins that the peoples living in that land did. The Lord had forced those people out when the people of Israel entered that land.

Nehemiah 11:30

and in Zanoah and Adullam and the small towns around them, in Lachish and the fields around it, and in Azekah and the small towns around it. So the people of Judah were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

Isaiah 17:5

That time will be like grain harvest in Rephaim Valley. {\cf2\super [177]} The workers gather plants that grow in the field. Then they cut the heads of grain from the plants. And they collect the grain.

Jeremiah 19:14

Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had told him to preach. Jeremiah went to the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [163]} and stood in the courtyard {\cf2\super [164]} of the temple. Jeremiah said to all the people:

Jeremiah 19:2

Go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the front of the Potsherd Gate. {\cf2\super [156]} Take some of the elders (leaders) of the people and some priests with you. At that place, tell them the things that I tell you.

Jeremiah 19:6

Now people call this place Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom. But, I give you this warning. This message is from the Lord: The days are coming, when people will call this place the Valley of Slaughter. {\cf2\super [160]}

Joshua 15:63

The army of Judah was not able to force out the Jebusite people living in Jerusalem. So today there are still Jebusite people living among the people of Judah in Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:16

Then the border went down to the bottom of the hill near the valley of Ben Hinnom, north of Rephaim Valley. The border continued down Hinnom Valley just south of the Jebusite city. Then the border went on to En Rogel.

Joshua 18:28

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. There were 14 cities and the fields around them. The family group of Benjamin got all these areas.

Judges 1:21

The family group of Benjamin could not force the Jebusite people to leave Jerusalem. So even today, [12] the Jebusite people live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

Judges 1:8

The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. The men of Judah used their swords to kill the people of Jerusalem. Then they burned the city.

Judges 19:10

But the Levite [147] man did not want to stay another night. He took his two donkeys and his woman servant. [148] He traveled as far as the city of Jebus. (Jebus is another name for Jerusalem).