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At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins[a] on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim.

10 From Baalah the northern border curved west to Mount Seir and then ran along the northern ridge of Mount Jearim, where Chesalon is located. Then it went down to Beth-Shemesh[b] and over to Timnah. 11 It continued along to the hillside north of Ekron, curved around to Shikkeron, and then went to Mount Baalah. After going to Jabneel, the border finally ended at the Mediterranean Sea,

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Footnotes

  1. 15.9 ruins: Hebrew; one ancient translation “towns.”
  2. 15.10 Beth-Shemesh: Probably the same town as the Ir-Shemesh of 19.41-46. Two other towns were also named Beth-Shemesh (see 19.17-23 and 19.35-39).

From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,(A) came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah(B) (that is, Kiriath Jearim).(C) 10 Then it curved westward from Baalah(D) to Mount Seir,(E) ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh(F) and crossed to Timnah.(G) 11 It went to the northern slope of Ekron,(H) turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah(I) and reached Jabneel.(J) The boundary ended at the sea.

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