"And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings o…" — Joshua 16:3

Joshua 16:3 · KJV

“And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.”

— Joshua 16:3

Verse 2

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

Verse 4

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Joshua 16 — Context

And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, {fell: Heb. went forth}

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was {thus}: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

Cross References

Joshua 18:13

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.

Joshua 10:33

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

2 Chronicles 8:5

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

1 Kings 9:15-17

And this {is} the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Chronicles 7:24

(And his daughter {was} Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

Numbers 34:6

And {as for} the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

1 Chronicles 7:28

And their possessions and habitations {were}, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: {towns: Heb. daughters} {unto Gaza: or, Adassa}