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Joshua 19:36
Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua continues a territorial inventory, listing Adamah, Ramah, and Hazor between the fortified cities of Ziddim and Zer in verse 35 and the towns of Kedesh and En-hazor in verse 37.
The words — The Hebrew text records three place names joined by conjunctions: וַ/אֲדָמָ֥ה (va./'a.da.Mah) meaning "and Adamah," וְ/הָ/רָמָ֖ה (ve./ha./ra.Mah) meaning "and the Ramah," and וְ/חָצֽוֹר\׃ (ve./cha.Tzor) meaning "and Hazor."
The thread — Hazor appears in Joshua 11:1 as the seat of King Jabin and in Joshua 12:19 as the territory ruled by a defeated king, while Joshua 11:20 records God hardening the hearts of the surrounding nations to engage Israel in battle.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of God’s precise fulfillment of territorial promises through a methodical, unadorned list of names.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
Cross-references
- Joshua 11:1 Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
- Joshua 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Joshua 12:19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;