Joshua 15:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: ”

• Joshua 15:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The stone of Bohan - This stone perhaps commemorated some deed of valor belonging to the wars of Joshua (compare 1 Samuel 7:12 ). The stone was erected on the slope of a hill (see the marginal r...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the (c) stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: (c) Which was a mark to part their countries.

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Beth-hogla - A place between Jericho and the Dead Sea...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 6, 7. And the border went up to Beth-hoglah — This border, issuing from the north point of the Dead sea, towards the west, was formed by a line which passed by Beth-hoglah, a city in the...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the border went up to Bethhoglah ,.... A place in the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned along with Jericho, and probably near it, Joshua 18:21 ; Jerom a speaks of a place called Betagla, in his tim...

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• Joshua 15:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: Ver. 6. To the stone of Bohan. ] Which had its nam...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The end of Jordan The place where Jordan runs into the salt sea. The stone of Bohan A place so called, not from Bohan's dwelling there, (for the Reubenites had no portion on this side Jordan,) bu...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By the north of Beth-arabah, or, on the north , or northward to Beth-arabah ; which place is attributed to Judah here, Joshua 15:61 ; and to Benjamin, Joshua 18:22 ; because it was a fronti...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - 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...

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• Joshua 15:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Boundaries of Judah.

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• Joshua 15:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 50:10 ; Joshua 18:17 ; Joshua 18:19 ; Joshua 18:20

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• Joshua 15:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The stone of Bohan — A place so called, not from Bohan's dwelling there, (for the Reubenites had no portion on this side Jordan) but from some notable exploit which he did there, though it is not r...

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