YEHO 15:54 Parallel Verse View

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

BrLXX καὶ Εὐμὰ, καὶ πόλις Ἀρβὸκ, αὕτη ἐστὶ Χεβρὼν, καὶ Σωραίθ· πόλεις ἐννέα, καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεις αὐτῶν·
(kai Euma, kai polis Arbok, hautaʸ esti Ⱪebrōn, kai Sōraith; poleis ennea, kai hai epauleis autōn;)

BrTr and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities, and their villages:

ULT and Humtah and Kiriath Arba (it is Hebron) and Zior: nine cities and their villages;

UST Humtah, Kiriath Arba (now called Hebron), and Zior. These were the nine cities in that area. The people of Judah lived in them and in their surrounding villages.

BSB Humtah, Kiriath -arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.

OEB Humtah, Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior, nine towns with their villages.

WEBBE Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

NET Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior – a total of nine cities and their towns.

LSV and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.

FBV Humtah, Kiriath-arba (or Hebron), and Zior—nine towns with their associated villages.

T4T Humtah, Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron), and Zior. There were nine towns altogether with their surrounding villages.

LEB Humtah, Kiriath Arba[fn] (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.

15:54 Or “the city of Arba”

BBE And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.

Moff Humtah, Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior, nine towns with their villages.

JPS and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba — the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

ASV and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

DRA Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is Hebron and Sior: nine cities and their villages.

YLT and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.

Drby and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.

RV and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

SLT And Humtah, and the Fourth City (this is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their enclosures:

Wbstr And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba (which is Hebron) and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

KJB-1769 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

KJB-1611 And Humtah, and Kiriatharba (which is Hebron) and Zior, nine cities with their villages.

Bshps Humtah, & Kiriatharbe (which is Hebron) & Sior, nine cities with their villages.
(Humtah, and Kiriatharbe (which is Hebron) and Sior, nine cities with their villages.)

Gnva And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, (which is Hebron) and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

Cvdl (Omitted Text)

Wycl and Bethfasua, and Afecha, Ammacha, and Cariatharbe; this is Ebron; and Sior, nyn citees, and `the townes of tho;
(and Bethfasua, and Afecha, Ammacha, and Cariatharbe; this is Ebron; and Sior, nine cities, and the towns of them;)

Luth Humta, Kiriath-Arba, das ist Hebron, Zior. Das sind neun Städte und ihre Dörfer.
(Humtah, Kiriath-arba, the is Hebron, Zior. The are nine cities and their/her villages.)

ClVg Athmatha, et Cariath Arbe, hæc est Hebron, et Sior: civitates novem, et villæ earum.
(Athmatha, and Kiryath Arba, these_things it_is Hebron, and Sior: cities nine, 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: 15:52–54

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

15:54a

Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—

Humtah, Kiriath-arba, which is also called Hebron, and Zior.
Humtah Town and Kiriath-arba Town which also has the name Hebron Town, and Zior Town.

Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Humtah, Kiriath-arba which is also called Hebron, and Zior

Humtah, Kiriath-arba which now has the name Hebron, and Zior

15:54b

nine cities, along with their villages.

In all there were nine towns, and there were villages that surrounded them.
The number of these towns was nine (9), with the villages that were near them.

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

In all there were nine towns, and there were villages that surrounded them

The number of these towns was nine, with the villages that were near them

BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:

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).

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.

Parallel YEHO 15:54

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

Paragraph: 15:52–54

15:54a

15:54b

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

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