Joshua 15:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the baya that looketh southward: ”

Joshua 15:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the (a) bay that looketh southward: (a) The Hebrew word signifies tongue, by which it means either the arm of the sea that comes into...
Joshua 15:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:1-5 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to poin...
Joshua 15:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: From the bay that looketh southward - These were the southern limits of the tribe of Judah, which comme...
Joshua 15:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, х miqtseeh ( H7097 )] - from the ext...
Joshua 15:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Assignment of the Territory It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descri...
Joshua 15:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their south border. — The southern boundary of Judah is thus described by Conder ( Bible Handbook, p. 257): — “The south boundary of Judah is described from east to west, and became afterwards tha...
Joshua 15:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1-63 . JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been...
Joshua 15:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies...
Joshua 15:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The particularity of Judah's lot in the statement of his boundaries, renders it unnecessary to explain it by a comment. If the Reader be fond of tracing the geographical situation of Judah's province...
Joshua 15:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea ,.... Sometimes called the dead sea, the sea of Sodom, and the lake Asphaltites, which, as Jarchi observes, was southeast of the land of Isr...
Joshua 15:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Ver. 2. And their south border. ] See Numbers 34:2 . Where God doth, as it were, draw a map of Cana...
Joshua 15:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The bay that looketh southward Hebrew, the tongue; either a creek or arm of that sea, or a promontory, which by learned authors is sometimes called a tongue. Every sea is salt, but this had an ex...
Joshua 15:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south...
Joshua 15:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Lot of Judah. B. C. 1444. 1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of...
Joshua 15:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The bay, Heb. the tongue ; by which he understands either a creek or arm of that sea; or a promontory, which by learned authors is sometimes called a tongue ; it is not material to know which of...
Joshua 15:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 15 The Lot of the Tribe of Judah. In this chapter we have details given of the boundaries of ‘the lot' allocated by lot to the tribe of Judah. This is followed by the assignment of Hebron...
Joshua 15:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 15:1 . This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Josh...
Joshua 15:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 15:1 . This then was the lot of Judah. After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rat...
Joshua 15:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

This then was the lot of . .. Judah. The inheritance of Judah Judah was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Judah and the sons of Jos...
Joshua 15:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH . Joshua 15:1 The lot of the tribe of the children of Judah. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare N...
Joshua 15:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Boundaries of Judah.
Joshua 15:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:18 ; Ezekiel 47:8 ; Genesis 14:3 ; Isaiah 11:15 ; Joshua 3:16 ; Numbers 34:3
Joshua 15:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The bay — Heb. the tongue: either a creek or arm of that sea; or a promontory, which by learned authors is sometimes called a tongue. Every sea is salt, but this had an extraordinary saltness, the...

Joshua 15:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 15:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 15:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 15:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 15:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 15:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 15:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 15:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 15:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 15:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 15:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 15:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 15:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes