and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Joshua 18:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised From there the border went towards Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-addar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the boundary passed over southward toward Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel); then it went down to Ataroth-addar by the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. American Standard Version (1901) And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. Common English Bible The border passed on from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz on the south (that is, Bethel). The border went down to Ataroth-adar on the mountain that is south of Lower Beth-horon. Catholic Public Domain Version And it continues to the south beside Luz, which is Bethel. And it descends into Ataroth-addar, at the mountain which is to the south of lower Beth-horon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And passing along southward by Luza (the same is Bethel): and it goeth down into Ataroth-addar to the mountain that is on the south of the nether Beth-horon. |
and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Benjamin’s descendants: from Geba, , Michmash, Aija, and Bethel and its surrounding villages,
As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.
This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar on the east to Upper Beth-horon.
On the west side, from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south, the border curved, turning southwards, and ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah. This was the west side of their border.
Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands #– #four cities.
The next division headed towards the Beth-horon road, and the last division headed down the border road that looks out over the Zeboim Valley towards the wilderness.