SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:10
Después torna este término desde Baala hacia el occidente al monte de Seir; y pasa al lado del monte de Jearim hacia el norte, ésta es Quesalón, y desciende a Bet-semes, y pasa a Timna.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:10
Verse 10. Beth-shemesh] The house or temple of the sun. It is evident that the sun was an object of adoration among the Canaanites; and hence fountains, hills, &c., were dedicated to him. Beth-shemesh is remarkable for the slaughter of its inhabitants, in consequence of their prying curiously, if not impiously, into the ark of the Lord, when sent back by the Philistines. See 1 Sam. vi. 19.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir , etc.] Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjearim; and which Adrichomius places on the borders of Azotus and Ashkelon: this compass is fetched from the north to the west: and passed along unto the side of the mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side ; that is, on the north side of the mount, which went by both those names; and which Jerom places on the borders of Aelia or Jerusalem; but it seems to be at a distance from thence, and near to Kirjathjearim, and had its name, as that, from the multitude of trees that grow on it: and went down to Bethshemesh ; there were several cities of this name; but this, according to Jerom f318 , was a Levite’s city in the tribe of Benjamin, and in his day was shown as you go from Eleutherepolis to Nicopolis or Emmaus, ten miles to the east; according to Burchard f319 , it was five miles from Kirjathjearim to the south; and Bunting places it four miles from Jerusalem westward, taking it for a city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 21:16 1 Samuel 6:12); and passed on to Timnah ; which, in Jerom’s time, was a large village on the borders of Lydda, as you go to Jerusalem, in the tribe of Judah, or Dan f321 ; his placed in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:57); though thought to be afterwards given to Dan; here Judah sheared his sheep, (see Gill on “ Genesis 38:12”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portio assigned. In due time all God's people are settled.
Original Hebrew
ונסב 5437 הגבול 1366 מבעלה 1173 ימה 3220 אל 413 הר 2022 שׂעיר 8165 ועבר 5674 אל 413 כתף 3802 הר 2022 יערים 3297 מצפונה 6828 היא 1931 כסלון 3693 וירד 3381 בית שׁמשׁ 1053 ועבר 5674 תמנה׃ 8553
