The Inheritance for Benjamin
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l Now the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
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m Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.
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The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz n (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side o of Lower Beth Horon.
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Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at p Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.
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The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to q the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
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Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before r the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to s En Rogel.
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And it went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to t the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Then it passed along toward the north side of Arabah, and went down to Arabah.
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And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the u Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.
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The Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its boundaries all around, according to their families.
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Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
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Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
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Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
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Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
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v Gibeon, w Ramah, Beeroth,
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Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,
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Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
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Zelah, Eleph, x Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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Cross References
Judges 1:21
But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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Cross References
Joshua 16:1
The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel.
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Cross References
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
Joshua 16:2
Then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
Judges 1:23
So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.)
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Cross References
Joshua 16:3
And went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
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Cross References
Joshua 15:9
Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim).
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Cross References
Joshua 15:9
Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim).
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Cross References
Joshua 15:8
And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.
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Joshua 15:7
Then the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel.
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Joshua 15:6
The border went up to Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 15:2
And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
Joshua 15:5
The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
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Cross References
Joshua 11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle.
Joshua 21:17
And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land.
1 Kings 3:4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
1 Kings 3:5
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask! What shall I give you?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus says the LORD: "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.
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Cross References
Joshua 15:8
And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.
Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.