Joshua - 18:22



22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 18:22.

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And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
Betharaba and Samaraim and Bethel,
Et Beth-araba, et Semaraim, et Beth-el,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Zemaraim, i. e. "two wooded hills," is supposed to be the ruins called "Es-Sumrah," on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

And Betharabah,.... Of the first of these; see Gill on Joshua 15:6,
and Zemaraim; one of the sons of Canaan was named Zemira, Genesis 10:18; by whom this city Zemaraim might be built, or however have its name given it, in memory of him; there was a mountain of this name in the tribe of Ephraim, near to which this city might be, 2-Chronicles 13:4.
and Bethel; of the last of these; see Gill on Joshua 7:2.

Beth-arabah: see at Joshua 15:6. Zemaraim, probably the ruins of es Sumrah, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, to the east of Khan Hadhur, on Van de Velde's map. Bethel: now Beitin (see Joshua 7:2).

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