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From there, it went to Trouble Valley[a] and Debir,[b] then turned north and went to Gilgal,[c] which is on the north side of the valley across from Adummim Pass. It continued on to Enshemesh, Enrogel, and up through Hinnom Valley on the land sloping south from Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem itself belonged to the Jebusites.

Next, the border went up to the top of the mountain on the west side of Hinnom Valley and at the north end of Rephaim Valley. At the top of the mountain it turned and went to Nephtoah Spring and then to the ruins[d] on Mount Ephron. From there, it went to Baalah, which is now called Kiriath-Jearim.

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Footnotes

  1. 15.7 Trouble Valley: Or “Achor Valley.”
  2. 15.7 Debir: Not the same town as in 10.38,39.
  3. 15.7 Gilgal: Not the same “Gilgal” as in 4.19.
  4. 15.9 ruins: Hebrew; one ancient translation “towns.”

The boundary then went up to Debir(A) from the Valley of Achor(B) and turned north to Gilgal,(C) which faces the Pass of Adummim south of the gorge. It continued along to the waters of En Shemesh(D) and came out at En Rogel.(E) Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom(F) along the southern slope of the Jebusite(G) city (that is, Jerusalem(H)). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley(I) at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.(J) From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,(K) came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah(L) (that is, Kiriath Jearim).(M)

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