Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:19
And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this [was] the south coast.
Verse 19. The north bay of the Salt Sea] As the word leshon signifies the tongue, it may here refer to the point of the Dead or Salt Sea. Of these tongues or points it had two, one on the north, and the other on the south.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward,…. Inclining somewhat toward the north, but not leaving the city to the north, for it is included in the lot of Benjamin,
Jos 18:21; of which place see Jos 15:6;
and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea; here ended the southern border of Benjamin, even at the bay or creek of the salt sea, which looked northward, as the southern border of Judah began at that bay of it, which looked southward, Jos 15:2;
at the south end of Jordan; where it fell into the salt sea:
this [was] the south coast; as before described.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
bay: Heb. tongue, Jos 15:2, *marg. Isa 11:15
the salt: Jos 3:16, Jos 12:3, Gen 14:3, Gen 19:25, Num 34:3, Deu 3:17
this was the: The borders of this tribe on the north were the same as those of Ephraim on the south, and his southern boundaries the same as the northern borders of Judah; but drawn from west to east, instead of from east to west – Jos 15:1-12, Jos 16:1. As the inheritance of Benjamin did not extend to the Mediterranean sea, and no other sea or lake is known to have been in those parts, perhaps this depression, “compassed the corner of the sea southward,” – Jos 18:14, should be rendered, “made a circuit on the side next the sea towards the south;” for it seems to connect the northern border, in the preceding verses, with the southern which follows.
Reciprocal: Jos 15:6 – Bethhogla Jos 18:21 – Bethhoglah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south {m} end of Jordan: this [was] the south coast.
(m) To the very straight, where the river runs into the Salt sea.