"And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay o…" — Joshua 18:19

Joshua 18:19 · KJV

“And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this {was} the south coast. {bay: Heb. tongue}”

— Joshua 18:19

Verse 18

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: {Arabah: or, the plain}

Verse 20

And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This {was} the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

Joshua 18 — Context

And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which {is} over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: {Arabah: or, the plain}

And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this {was} the south coast. {bay: Heb. tongue}

And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This {was} the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

Cross References

Joshua 15:2

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: {bay: Heb. tongue}

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Numbers 34:3

Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

Joshua 12:3

And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, {even} the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: {the south: or, Teman} {Ashdothpisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill}

Joshua 3:16

That the waters which came down from above stood {and} rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that {is} beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, {even} the salt sea, failed, {and} were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Isaiah 11:15

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make {men} go over dryshod. {dryshod: Heb. in shoes}

Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Deuteronomy 3:17

The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast {thereof}, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, {even} the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. {Ashdothpisgah; or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill}