JOS 15:41 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

BrLXX καὶ Γεδδὼρ, καὶ Βαγαδιὴλ, καὶ Νωμὰν, καὶ Μαχηδάν· πόλεις ἑκκαίδεκα, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν·
(kai Geddōr, kai Bagadiaʸl, kai Nōman, kai Maⱪaʸdan; poleis hekkaideka, kai hai kōmai autōn;)

BrTr and Geddor, and Bagadiel, and Noman, and Machedan: sixteen cities, and their villages;

ULT and Gederoth, Beth Dagon and Naamah and Makkedah: 16 cities and their villages;

UST Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
¶ These were the 16 cities in that area. The people of Judah lived in them and in their surrounding villages.

BSB & MSB Gederoth, Beth -dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.

OEB Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah, sixteen towns with their villages.

WEBBE & WMBB Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

NET Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah – a total of sixteen cities and their towns.

LSV and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

FBV Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with their associated villages.

T4T Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
¶ There were 16 towns altogether and their surrounding villages.

LEB Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

BBE And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.

Moff Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah, sixteen towns with their villages.

JPS and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

ASV and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

DRA And Gideroth and Bethdagon and Naama and Maceda: sixteen cities, and their villages.

YLT and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

Drby and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.

RV and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

SLT And Gederoth, the House of Dagon, and Naamath and Makedah; sixteen cities and their enclosures:

Wbstr And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

KJB-1769 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

KJB-1611 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteene cities with their villages.
(And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.)

Bshps Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, & Makedah: sixteene cities with their villages.
(Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, and Makedah: sixteen cities with their villages.)

Gnva And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteene cities with their villages.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl Gedoroth, Beth Dagon, Naama, Makeda. These are sixtene cities and their vyllages.
(Gedoroth, Beth Dagon, Naama, Makeda. These are sixteen cities and their villages.)

Wycl and Cethlis, and Gideroth, and Bethdagon, and Neuma, and Maceda; sixtene citees, and `the townes of tho; `Jambane,
(and Cethlis, and Gideroth, and Bethdagon, and Neuma, and Maceda; sixteen cities, and the towns of them; Yambane,)

Luth Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naema, Makeda. Das sind sechzehn Städte und ihre Dörfer.
(Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah/Naamathite, Makkedah. The are sixteen cities and their/her villages.)

ClVg et Gideroth et Bethdagon et Naama et Maceda: civitates sedecim, et villæ earum.
(and Gederoth and Bethdagon and Naamah and Makkedah: cities sixteen, and villages of_them.)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The boundaries of Judah

The land of the tribe of Judah

Paragraph: 15:37–41

This paragraph is a list of more towns that were given to the tribe of Judah.

15:41a

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah.
Gederoth Town and Beth-dagon Town and Naamah Town and Makkedah Town.

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah:

15:41b

sixteen cities, along with their villages.

In all there were sixteen towns, and there were villages that surrounded them.
The number of these towns was sixteen (16), with the villages that were near them.

sixteen cities, along with their villages: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

in all there were sixteen towns, and there were villages that surrounded them

the number of these towns was sixteen, and there were villages that were near them

BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.

The descendants of Jacob’s son Benjamin occupied one of the smallest of the Israelite tribal allotments–measuring a mere 27 miles (43 km) wide by 14 miles (23 km) high–yet the significance of all the biblical events that took place within it is immense. Benjamin was the location of the Israelites’ very first battles to conquer to the Promised Land, beginning with Jericho and moving on to Ai (see “The Israelites Conquer Ai” map). After this, four Gibeonite towns–all located in western Benjaminite territory–deceived the Israelites into forming an alliance with them (see “The Conquest of Canaan: The Southern Campaign” map) in order to avoid being wiped out by them. Two judges (Ehud and Deborah; see “Ehud Rescues Israel” and “Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera” maps) hailed from Benjamin as did the prophet Samuel (see “The Tribe of Benjamin” map). After the Ark of the Covenant was captured near Aphek and Shiloh was overrun by the Philistines, it appears that the altar was moved to the High Place of Gibeah by the time of Solomon (see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). In the closing years of the judges, a tragic incident at Gibeah led to a war between Benjamin and the rest of the Israelites tribes (see “Israel Battles Benjamin” map). Saul, the first king of Israel, also hailed from Benjamin (see “Saul Searches for His Father’s Donkeys” map). While King David’s capital was at Hebron, a detachment of his forces attacked those of Saul’s son Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, leading them to flee to the Hill of Ammah (likely the same as Emmaus; see “The Battle at the Pool of Gibeon” map). David later established Jerusalem, technically located within Benjamin’s territory, as his new capital over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:6-9). The borders of Benjamin’s tribal allotment and the adjacent borders of its neighboring tribes are meticulously defined in Joshua 15:1-16:3 and Joshua 18:11-28, demonstrating the biblical writers’ acute awareness of Benjamin’s territory. Several stretches of these borders appear to follow established roads that existed during the settlement era.

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

After the Israelites had conquered portions of the Promised Land and Joshua had grown old, the Lord directed him to divide the rest of the land among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-20). The eastern tribes had already been allotted their land under Moses’ leadership (Numbers 32), but they continued to help the other tribes drive out the Canaanites from land west of the Jordan River. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to designate several cities of refuge, where someone could flee for protection from an avenger if they accidentally killed someone (Numbers 35; Joshua 20).

Parallel JOS 15:41

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

Paragraph: 15:37–41

15:41a

15:41b

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land