And the border turned from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
1 Kings 4:9 - King James 2000 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and 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. |
And the border turned from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
And Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, and Bethshemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became forced laborers.
And the cows took the straight way to the road to Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall it go up from us?
And see, if it goes up by the way of its own land to Bethshemesh, 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 by chance that it happened to us.