Joshua 16:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, ”

• Joshua 16:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Of Archi - (Read “of the Archite,” also a designation of David’s friend Hushai ( 2 Samuel 15:32 ; 2 Samuel 16:16 , etc.). The word is derived from Erech Genesis 10:10 . But whether there was in...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 16 f. This section deals with the inheritance of the Joseph tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh. It is composite, but the different parts are easily separated. The old narrative speaks of the tribe...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Beth-el to Lux, Compare Genesis 28:19 and Judges 1:26 , the "Mount" Beth-el of Joshua 16:1 . of Archi . the Archite. Compare 2Sa 16:32. 2 Samuel 16:16 .

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• Joshua 16:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, From Bethel to Luz - From Genesis 28:19 (note) it appears that the place which Jacob called Beth-el was for...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 2. And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz — If now and then Luz and Beth-el are mentioned as one and the same place, as ch. Joshua 18:13 . Joshua 1:23 it is, perhaps, because in a length of t...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Joshua 16:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lot of Joseph Chs. 16, 17 describe the territories of Ephraim and the W. half of Manasseh. Vv. 1-4 of Joshua 16 give the general frontiers of the combined tribes, the rest of the chapter ( J...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XVI. INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH — i.e., of Ephraim and Manasseh ( Joshua 16:1 to Joshua 18:1 , inclusive). (1) The lot of the children of Joseph. — The order of precedence among the tribes of Isr...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXV. THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH. Joshua Chs. 16, 17. NEXT to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh....

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• Joshua 16:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Next in order we have an account of the inheritance of Joseph divided between his sons Ephraim and Manasseh. The part allotted to Ephraim was a fertile and beautiful district, perhaps in many respect...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Joseph as a type of the ever blessed Jesus, had eminent distinctions assigned him by his Father. He was among the youngest of Jacob ' s children, but yet, after Judah, is one of the first to be provi...

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• Joshua 16:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And goeth out from Bethel to Luz ,.... For though these two places in time became one, yet they were originally distinct. Bethel, at which Jacob stopped, and who gave it its name, was a field adjace...

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• Joshua 16:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, Ver. 2. Unto the borders of Archi. ] Hushai's country, 2Sa 16:16 ennobled by his name, as Co was to Hippoc...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  From Bethel to Luz Dupin translates this Bethel-Luz , and Dr. Waterland, Bethel, which is Luz; for we sometimes find them mentioned as one and the same place, as Joshua 18:13 ; Judges 1:23 ; a...

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• Joshua 16:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  EPHRAIM'S BORDER (vs.1-10) The border of Ephraim did not adjoin Judah, for Benjamin and Dan came between them; but Ephraim's borders are discussed after Judah, for fruitfulness (of which Ephraim...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Lot of Joseph. B. C. 1444.       1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  From Beth-el to Luz, or, from Bethel-luzah , as the LXX. here join the words; for Beth-el was anciently called Luz , Genesis 28:19 , Genesis 48:3 ; though some think this was another Luz , s...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ And it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth.' Here Bethel, the sacred place, is distinguished from the city Luz as in Genesis 28:19 . Elsewher...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 16:1-4 . The lot of the children of Joseph] Although Jacob had adopted the sons of Joseph to be as his own children ( Genesis 4...

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• Joshua 16:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 16:1 . The water of Jericho. These waters being bitter, Elisha obtained by his prayers the power to heal them by a handful of salt. 2 Kings 2:21 . Joshua 16:2 . Beth-el to Luz. Luz was...

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• Joshua 16:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The lot of . .. Joseph. The inheritance of Joseph Next to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh. In per...

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• Joshua 16:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH . Joshua 16:1 Fell . Literally came forth, i.e; out of the urn. The water of Jericho. "This is the present fountain of es...

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• Joshua 16:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The General Boundaries of the Sons of Joseph

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• Joshua 16:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 27:33 ; 2 Samuel 16:16 ; Genesis 28:19 ; Joshua 18:13 ; Judges 1:22-26

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