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And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua 18:11 — KJV
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Joshua 18:11
King James Version (KJV)
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Joshua 18:11
Verse 11 of 28
Commentary
Commentary on Joshua 18:11
Theological / DevotionalBenjamin came up. Evidently the providence of God so ordered it that the children of Benjamin should have the first lot of these seven, next to the tribe of Joseph. Joseph and Benjamin were brothers, the only sons of Rachel, Jacob’s beloved wife. Benjamin later furnished the first king of Israel, Saul. The important city of Jerusalem fell in her territory. The city seems for a time to have been the joint possession of Judah and Benjamin, according to Judges 1:8, 21, and 1 Chron. 8:28, 32. Later Jerusalem became the royal city of the kings of the house of Judah.
Their border. Inasmuch as Benjamin’s inheritance lay between the north border of Judah and the south border of Ephraim, the places mentioned on these borders have already been commented on in chs. 15 and 16.
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