Joshua 16 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And the borders of the children of Joseph were from the Jordan, in front of Jericho eastward, and to go up from Jericho to the hilly country; the wilderness to Baithel-louza, and having come out to Baithel, ² the boundary is to run along the borders of Achatarothi, ³ and proceed westward, along the borders of Aptalim, till it reacheth the borders of lower Baithoron; and the termination thereof is to be at the sea. ⁴ And when the children of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasses, got their possessions, ⁵ the borders of the children of Ephraim, according to their communities were these. The boundary of their possession from the east were Ataroth, and Erok, till it reached the ⁶ upper Baithoron, and Gazara; then the boundary was to proceed westward to Ikasmon, on the north side of Therma, then to come round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and from the east border of that to pass on to Janoka, ⁷ and to Macho, and Ataroth, including their villages; then to come to Jericho, and terminate at the Jordan: ⁸ And from Taphu the boundary was to run westward by Chelkana and to terminate at the sea. This possession of the tribe of Ephraim, according to their communities, ⁹ with the cities set apart for the children of Ephraim, in the inheritance of the children of Manasses, comprehended all their cities and their villages. ¹⁰ But Ephraim did not destroy the Chananites who dwelt in Gazer. So the Chananites have dwelt among the Ephraimites to this day.

¹⁹ and called the name of that place House of God. But the first name of this city was Oulamluz.

⁴⁸ And they removed from the mountains Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, by the Jordan, opposite to Jericho.

⁵² You shall destroy all those who dwell in that land, from before you, and demolish their obelisks, and utterly destroy their molten images, and all their pillars you shall demolish. And when you have destroyed all the inhabitants of that land, ⁵³ you shall dwell therein; for I have given you their land by lot, ⁵⁴ and you shall divide their land, by lot, among your tribes. To those who are more numerous you shall give a larger possession; and to those who are fewer in number you shall give a smaller possession. On whatever place any one's name falleth, there shall be his possession. According to the tribes of your families you shall possess it. ⁵⁵ But if you do not destroy the inhabitants of the land from before you, it will come to pass, that those of them whom you shall leave, will be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and your mortal enemies in the land wherein you dwell.

⁶ Then you shall have the sea for a boundary. The great sea shall bound you: this shall be your western boundary.

¹ Now when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into that land, to which thou art going, there to possess it, and hath removed from before thee mighty nations; the Chettite, and the Gergasite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pheresite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, seven nations, more numerous, and stronger than you; ² When the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, thou shalt smite them; thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt not make a covenant with them. You shall neither shew them mercy,

¹⁶ yet the waters coming down from above stopped. They stopped like one solid mass, reaching a great way back, even to a part of Kariathiarim; and the water below flowed down into the sea of Araba, the salt sea, until it was entirely gone, and the people stood over against Jericho.

¹ [Now Jericho was shut up, and barricaded, so that none came out of it, nor went in.]

²⁶ And on that day Joshua uttered an imprecation before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall rebuild this city. With his first born let him lay the foundation, and with his youngest son erect its gates.

¹⁵ At their appearance Joshua and Israel retreated before them,

³³ At that time Elam, king of Gazer, having come up to assist Lachis, Joshua smote him with the edge of the sword, till there was none of them left who escaped, or fled.

⁶¹ and Baddargis, and Tharabaam, and Ainon,

⁶³ But the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda were not able to destroy them. So the Jebusites had dwelt in Jerusalem to this day.

² the boundary is to run along the borders of Achatarothi, ³ and proceed westward, along the borders of Aptalim, till it reacheth the borders of lower Baithoron; and the termination thereof is to be at the sea. ⁴ And when the children of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasses, got their possessions, ⁵ the borders of the children of Ephraim, according to their communities were these. The boundary of their possession from the east were Ataroth, and Erok, till it reached the ⁶ upper Baithoron, and Gazara; then the boundary was to proceed westward to Ikasmon, on the north side of Therma, then to come round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and from the east border of that to pass on to Janoka,

⁷ Now these were the borders of the children of Manasses; Delanath, which is in front of the children of Anath, and extendeth to the borders, to Jamin, and Jassib, to the fountain Thaphoth, is to belong to Manasses; ⁸ but Thapheth, which is within the bounds of the Manassites, is to belong to the children of Ephraim. ⁹ Thence the boundary is to go down to the vale of Karana, on the south side, over against the vale Jariel; but Tereminthus, which is within the bounds of a city of Manasses,

⁹ Thence the boundary is to go down to the vale of Karana, on the south side, over against the vale Jariel; but Tereminthus, which is within the bounds of a city of Manasses,

¹³ and when the Israelites became strong, they brought the Chananites into subjection, and did not utterly extirpate them. ¹⁴ When the children of Joseph complained to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given us but one lot, and one portion, to inherit, seeing I am a numerous people, and God hath blessed me?

¹ When all the congregation of Israel assembled at Selo, and fixed there the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued under them,

¹² and the children of Joseph; and these were their borders. On the north their boundary was to go up from the Jordan, back of Jericho, on the north side, and to run westward to the mountain, and come out at Mabdaritis-Baithon; ¹³ thence the boundary was to run to the border of Louza, back of Louza on the south side of it, this is Baithel; thence the boundary was to run down to Maatarob-Orech, by the high land which is south of the lower Baithoron;

²⁸ and Elbon, and Raab, and Ememaon, and Kanthan, till it reached great Sidon;

²² With regard to the children of Joseph, they went up to Baithel, and the Lord was with them; ²³ and they encamped near, and kept a watch upon Baithel. [Now the name of that city formerly was Louza.] ²⁴ And they who kept watch, looked, and behold a man came out of the city; and they took him, and said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. ²⁵ So he shewed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they suffered the man and his family to depart. ²⁶ And the man went to the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called its name Louza, and this continueth to be its name to this day.

²⁹ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Chananites who dwelt in Gazer. So the Chananites dwelt among them in Gazer, and became tributaries.

¹⁶ And when Chousi, the old companion of David, came to Abessalom, Chousi said to Abessalom, God save the king!

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¹⁹ Then the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold the situation of the city is good as our lord seeth, but the water is bad and the ground barren. ²⁰ Thereupon Elisha said to them, Bring me a new pitcher and put salt therein. And when they had got one and brought it to him, ²¹ Elisha went to the spring of the waters, and threw the salt in there and said, Thus saith the Lord, I cure the waters. There shall no more be thence death or barren ground.

²⁴ And his daughter was Saraa, who formed a family among them, who were left, and it built the upper and lower Baithoron. And the sons of Ozan were Seera

²⁸ Now their possession and their dwelling was Baithel and its villages, eastward Nearan, and westward Gazer and its villages, and Sychem with its villages even to Gaza,

³³ Achitophel was a counsellor of the king. Now Chusi the king's friend was the first,

⁵ He rebuilt also the upper and the lower Baithoron, cities fortified with walls, gates and bars;