and the border turned about from Ba`alah westward to Mount Se`ir, and passed along to the side of Mount Ye`arim on the north (the same is Kesalon), and went down to Beit-Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
1 Kings 4:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Ben-Deker, in Makatz, and in Sha`alvim, and Beit-Shemesh, and Elon-Beit-Chanan; 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. |
and the border turned about from Ba`alah westward to Mount Se`ir, and passed along to the side of Mount Ye`arim on the north (the same is Kesalon), and went down to Beit-Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
and `Ayin with its suburbs, and Yuttah with its suburbs, [and] Beit-Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
but the Amori would dwell in Mount Cheres, in Ayalon, and in Sha`alvim: yet the hand of the house of Yosef prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
The cows took the straight way by the way to Beit-Shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Pelishtim went after them to the border of Beit-Shemesh.
The men of Beit-Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beit-Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us.*