Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
Verse 15-19. "As for the southern boundary from the end of Kirjath-jearim
onwards, the (southern) boundary went out on the west (i.e., it started from the
west), and went out (terminated) at the fountain of the water of Nephtoah."
Consequently it coincided with the northern boundary of Judah, as described in Josh
15:5-9, except that it is given there from east to west, and here from west to east (see
at Josh 15:5-9). In the construction hagªbuwl (OT:1366) towtsª'owtaayw (OT:8444),
the noun hagªbuwl (OT:1366) is in apposition to the suffix: the outgoings of it,
namely of the border (see Ewald , §291, b. ).
Verse 20. The eastern boundary was the Jordan.
Verse 21-28. The towns of Benjamin are divided into two groups. The first group (vv.
21-24) contains twelve towns in the eastern portion of the territory. Jericho: the
present Riha (see at Josh 2:1). Beth-hoglah , now Ain Hajla (see ch. 15:6). Emekkeziz:
the name has been preserved in the Wady el Kaziz , on the road from Jerusalem
to Jericho, on the south-east of the Apostle's Well (see Van de Velde , Mem. p. 328).
Verse 22. Beth-arabah: see at Josh 15:6. Zemaraim , probably the ruins of es
Sumrah , on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, to the east of Khan Hadhur, on Van
de Velde's map. Bethel: now Beitin (see Josh 7:2).
Verse 23. Avvim (i.e., ruins) is unknown. Phara has been preserved in the ruins of
Fara , on Wady Fara, three hours to the north-east of Jerusalem, and the same
distance to the west of Jericho. Ophrah is mentioned again in
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