John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 18:16

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the border came down, etc.] In the description of the border of Judah, hereabout, it is said to go up, (<061505>Joshua 15:5); because there, as Jarchi observes, the measure was from east to west, but here from west to east: to the end of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of the son of Hinnom; this south border of Benjamin is the same with the north border of Judah; and the same places are mentioned in the description of the one as of the other, (see <061508>Joshua 15:8). The mountain is Mount Moriah, [and] which [is] in the valley of the giants on the north; on the north of the valley of Rephaim: and descended to the valley of Hinnom; the border from the end of Mount Moriah to that valley: to the side of Jebusi on the south; to the south side of Jerusalem, having that city on the south; and descended to Enrogel; of which (see Gill on “<061507>Joshua 15:7”).

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