JOSHUA 18:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.”
From there the border passes along southward in the direction of Luz (the same is Bethel), and the border goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies to the south of Lower Beth-horon — Bethel ('house of God'), the site of Jacob's covenant vision (Genesis 28), holds profound theological weight as a boundary marker. The southward movement establishes Benjamin's western edge. The mention of Beth-horon, the city of ascent, marks a strategic military location (later site of David's victories). Territorial boundaries anchor the land in sacred history; place-names evoke covenant narratives.
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