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Joshua 15:1 open_in_new
the lot. See note on Joshua 14:1.
children. sons.
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Joshua 15:3 open_in_new
fetched. compass. English idiom. Hebrew turned about. Compare Acts 28:13.
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Joshua 15:4 open_in_new
coast. border or boundary.
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Joshua 15:5 open_in_new
bay. tongue.
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Joshua 15:8 open_in_new
Hinnom. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Syriac, read the sons of Hinnom".
giants. the Rephaim. See note on Joshua 12:4
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Joshua 15:11 open_in_new
side, or slope, or shoulder.
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Joshua 15:13 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Arba Compare note on Joshua 14:15.
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Joshua 15:14 open_in_new
Caleb drove thence. Compare Judges 1:10, It seems that some evidently returned and repossessed it.
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Joshua 15:15 open_in_new
Debir. Place of the Greekcle.
Kirjath-sepher. Book Town.
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Joshua 15:18 open_in_new
she lighted off. Compare Genesis 24:64; 1 Samuel 25:23.
What wouldest thou? Literally "What to thee? ". "What aileth thee? "
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Joshua 15:19 open_in_new
a blessing. a present. Compare Judges 1:15; 1 Samuel 25:27.
springs of water. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), i.e. land containing them (App-6).
he. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Caleb".
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Joshua 15:25 open_in_new
Hazor. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6).
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Joshua 15:32 open_in_new
and Ain, and Rimmon: should be "and En-Rimmon".
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Joshua 15:46 open_in_new
From. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "and from".
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Joshua 15:48 open_in_new
the mountains. the hill country.
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Joshua 15:54 open_in_new
Kirjath-arba. Compare Joshua 14:15 with Joshua 15:13.
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Joshua 15:63 open_in_new
Judah could not, Ac. Compare Judges 1:8. Caleb succeeded at Hebron. Not until David's day was this thoroughly accomplished (2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 5:7).