The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.
Parallel translations
- WEB The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- KJV And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- BSB And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
- NKJV Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.
- NASB The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
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Quick answer
The chapter closes by noting the southern boundary of Amorite territory. It matters as a geographic marker concluding the account of failures.
Overview
This closing note fixes the extent of remaining enemy territory, summing up how much land stayed in foreign hands. The detail underscores the unfinished conquest. Chapter one thus ends not in triumph but in a sobering catalog of compromise, preparing for the LORD's rebuke in chapter two.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Num 34:4Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon.
- Josh 15:2–3Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
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