Bible Strands
Joshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the specific towns assigned to the tribe of Judah as part of the territorial allotment. The words — The verse lists three consecutive place names: Ziph (זִיף, zif), Telem (טֶלֶם, telem), and Bealoth (בְעָלוֹת, bealoth). The thread — Ziph reappears in 1 Samuel 23:14, 1 Samuel 23:19, and 1 Samuel 23:24 as a hill country region where David hid and where the Ziphites reported to Saul, though the text explicitly places David in the Wilderness of Maon at that later moment. Why it lands — The entry functions as a geographic coordinate within a land distribution record, requiring the reader to track how tribal boundaries were demarcated and later referenced in Israel’s history.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 23:14 And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 23:24 So they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- 1 Samuel 15:4 So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
- Psalms 54:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!