Then from there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.
Parallel translations
- WEB The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
- KJV And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- BSB From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
- NKJV The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
- NLT From there the boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
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Quick answer
The border continued to Luz, also called Bethel, and down to Ataroth Addar near Beth Horon. The line passed important historic sites.
Overview
Benjamin's boundary touched Bethel, the place of Jacob's vision and a center of Israel's history. The naming of these landmarks ties the tribe's inheritance to the wider story of God's dealings with the patriarchs. Such continuity shows that the land settlement under Joshua was the fulfillment of promises made generations earlier, demonstrating God's unbroken covenant faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 28:19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Josh 16:2–3It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
- Josh 10:11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Josh 16:5This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
- Judg 1:22–26The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
- Josh 21:22Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs: four cities.
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