15 And the South quarter is from the end of Kirjath Jearim, and this border goeth out [a]Westward, and cometh to the fountain of waters of Nephtoah.

16 And this border descendeth at the end of the mountain, that lieth before the valley of Ben Hinnom, which is in the valley of the [b]giants Northward, and descendeth into the valley of Hinnom by the side of [c]Jebus Southward, and goeth down to En Rogel,

17 And compasseth from the North, and goeth forth to [d]En Shemesh, and stretcheth to Geliloth, which is toward the going up unto Adummim, and goeth down to the (A)stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:15 Or, to the sea.
  2. Joshua 18:16 Or, Rephaim.
  3. Joshua 18:16 Or, Jerusalem.
  4. Joshua 18:17 Which is in the tribe of Ephraim.

15 The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.(A) 16 The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim.(B) It continued down the Hinnom Valley(C) along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.(D) 17 It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth,(E) which faces the Pass of Adummim,(F) and ran down to the Stone of Bohan(G) son of Reuben.

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