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Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament salt sea, namely, from the tongue which turneth to the south," i.e., from the southern point of the Dead Sea, which is now a salt marsh. Verse 3-4. Thence it proceeded "to the southern boundary of the ascent of Akrabbim," i.e., the row of lofty whitish cliffs which intersects the Arabah about eight miles below the Dead Sea (see at Num 34:4), "and passed across to Zin," i.e., the Wady Murreh (see at Num 13:21), "and went up to the south of Kadesh-barnea," i.e., by Ain Kudes (see at Num 20:16), "and passed over to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and turned to Karkaa, and went over to Azmon, and went out into the brook of Egypt," i.e., the Wady el Arish. On the probable situation of Hezron, Adar, Karkaa , and Azmon , see at Num 34:4-5. "And the outgoings of the boundary were to the sea" (the Mediterranean). The Wady el Arish, a marked boundary, takes first of all a northerly and then a north-westerly course, and opens into the Mediterranean Sea (see Pent. p. 358). haayaah (OT:1961) in the singular before the subject in the plural must not be interfered with (see Ewald , §316, a. ). - The words "this shall be your south coast" point back to the southern boundary of Canaan as laid down in Num 34:2ff., and show that the southern boundary of the tribe-territory of Judah was also the southern boundary of the land to be taken by Israel. 5a. "The eastern boundary was the salt sea to the end of the Jordan," i.e., the Dead Sea, in all its length up to the point where the Jordan entered it. 5b-11. In vv. 5b-11 we have a description of the northern boundary, which is repeated in Josh 18:15-19 as the southern boundary of Benjamin, though in the opposite direction, namely, from west to east. It started "from the tongue of the (salt) sea, the end (i.e., the mouth) of the Jordan, and went up to Beth-hagla," - a border town between Judah and Benjamin, which was afterwards allotted to the latter (Josh 18:19,12), the present Ain Hajla , an hour and a quarter to the south-east of Riha (Jericho), and three-quarters of an hour from the Jordan (see at Gen 50:11, note) - "and went over to the north side of Beth-arabah," a town in the desert of Judah (v. 61), afterwards assigned to Benjamin (Josh 18:22), and called Ha-arabah in ch. http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos89.html (1 of 3) [13/08/2004 01:18:30 p.m.]
Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament 18:18, about twenty or thirty minutes to the south-west of Ain Hajla , in a "level and barren steppe" ( Seetzen , R. ii. p. 302), with which the name very well agrees (see also Rob. Pal. ii. pp. 268ff.). "And the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben." The expression "went up" shows that the stone of Bohan must have been on higher ground, i.e., near the western mountains, though the opposite expression "went down" in Josh 18:17 shows that it must have been by the side of the mountain, and not upon the top. According to Josh 18:18-19, the border went over from the stone of Bohan in an easterly direction "to the shoulder over against (Beth) Arabah northwards, and went down to (Beth) Arabah, and then went over to the shoulder of Beth-hagla northwards," i.e., on the north side of the mountain ridge of Beth-arabah and Beth-hagla. This ridge is "the chain of hills or downs which runs from Kasr Hajla towards the south to the north side of the Dead Sea, and is called Katar Hhadije , i.e., a row of camels harnessed together." Verse 7. The boundary ascended still farther to Debir from the valley of Achor. Debir is no doubt to be sought for by the Wady Daber , which runs down from the mountains to the Dead Sea to the south of Kasr Hajla , possibly not far from the rocky grotto called Choret ed Daber , between the Wady es Sidr and the Khan Chadrur on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, about half-way between the two. On the valley of Achor see at Josh 7:24. Then "it turned northwards to Gilgal, opposite to the ascent of Adummim south of the brook." Gilgal , which must not be confounded, as it is by Knobel , with the first encampment of the Israelites in Canaan, viz., the Gilgal between Jericho and the Jordan, is called Geliloth in Josh 18:17. The situation of this place, which is only mentioned again in Judg 3:19, and was certainly not a town, probably only a village or farm, is defined more precisely by the clause "opposite to the ascent of Adummim." Maaleh Adummim , which is correctly explained in the Onom. ( s. v. Adommim ) as ana'basis pu'rrhoon , ascensus rufforum , "was formerly a small villa, but is now a heap of ruins, which is called even to the present day Maledomim - on the road from Aelia to Jericho" ( Tobler ). It is mentioned by ancient travellers as an inn called a terra ruffa , i.e., "the red earth;" terra russo , or "the red http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos89.html (2 of 3) [13/08/2004 01:18:30 p.m.]
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