and the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh, and passes along by Timnah;
1 Kings 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version 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. |
and the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh, and passes along by Timnah;
Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine towns out of these two tribes.
The Amorites continued to live in Har-heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily on them, and they became subject to forced labor.
The cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
Then the people of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom shall he go so that we may be rid of him?”
And watch; if it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”