Joshua 18:14

“And the border was drawn [thence], etc.] From Bethhoron: and compassed the corner of the sea southward; it is hard to say what sea is meant, or what by it. Fuller f412 conjectures, that as the Hebrews call any confluence of water a sea, as we call such a “mere”, the great waters in Gibeon may be meant, (<244112>Jeremiah 41:12); for it cannot mean the Mediterranean sea, for Dan lay between Benjamin and that; and yet if a sea is meant, no other can be; wherefore it is best to render it the “west quarter”, as it is in the latter part of this verse; and so the same word is translated, (<061812>Joshua 18:12); the “west”, and not the “sea”, as it sometimes is; for the border of Benjamin did not…”

“See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown. Joshua 18:14 And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point. Joshua 18:21 The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem. Joshua 18:22 Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Joshua 18:23 Ophrah…”

“Kirjath - jearim - The Israelites changed the name, to blot out the remembrance of Baal. Joshua 18:16”

“Kirjathbaal: Jos 15:9, Jos 15:60; Sa1 7:1, Sa1 7:2; Sa2 6:2; Ch1 13:5, Ch1 13:6 Joshua 18:15”