The border turned westwards from Baalah to Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), descended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded to Timnah.
1 Kings 4:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; American Standard Version (1901) Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; Common English Bible Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan; Catholic Public Domain Version Bendeker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon, and in Beth-hanan; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethsames, and in Elon, and in Bethanan. |
The border turned westwards from Baalah to Mount Seir, went to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), descended to Beth-shemesh, and proceeded to Timnah.
Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands #– #nine cities from these two tribes.
The Amorites were determined to stay in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, the Amorites were made to serve as forced labour.
The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one road, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.
The people of Beth-shemesh asked, ‘Who is able to stand in the presence of the Lord this holy God? To whom should the ark go from here? ’
Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland towards Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not his hand that punished us #– #it was only something that happened to us by chance.’