Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:6
And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
6. and the border went up to Beth-hogla ] A point between Judah and Benjamin (Jos 18:19). A magnificent spring and a ruin between Jericho and the Jordan still bear the names of Ain-hajla and Ksr Hajla, and are doubtless at or near the old site.
and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ] between Beth-hogla and the highland on the west of the Jordan valley. It is mentioned below (Jos 15:61) as one of the six cities of Judah in the sunken valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben ] This “Stone” is only mentioned once more, in ch. Jos 18:17, and must have lain somewhere to the west or south-west of Beth-arabah.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The stone of Bohan – This stone perhaps commemorated some deed of valor belonging to the wars of Joshua (compare 1Sa 7:12). The stone was erected on the slope of a hill (see the marginal reference), no doubt one of the range which hounds the Jordan valley on the west. But its exact site is wholly uncertain.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. Beth-hogla] A place between Jericho and the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:21, though here serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah.
Stone of Bohan] This must have been some remarkable place, probably like the stone of Jacob, which afterwards became Bethel; but where it was situated is uncertain.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
By the north of Beth-arabah, or, on the north, or northward to Beth-arabah; which place is attributed to Judah here, Jos 15:61; and to Benjamin, Jos 18:22; because it was a frontier town in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and therefore promiscuously belonging to both; which also was the case of some other places: and this cohabitation was convenient to maintain brotherly love and union between the several tribes, especially in the borders, where differences oft arise.
The stone of Bohan; a place so called, not from Bohans dwelling there, (for the Reubenites had no portion on this side Jordan,) but from some notable exploit which he did there, though it be not recorded in Scripture.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. Beth-hoglanow Ain Hajla, afine spring of clear and sweet water, at the northern extremity ofthe Dead Sea, about two miles from the Jordan [ROBINSON].
Beth-arabah“thehouse,” or “place of solitude,” in the desert of Judah(Jos 15:61).
stone of Bohan the son ofReubenthe sepulchral monument of a Reubenite leader, who hadbeen distinguished for his bravery, and had fallen in the Canaanitewar.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the border went up to Bethhoglah,…. A place in the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned along with Jericho, and probably near it,
Jos 18:21; Jerom a speaks of a place called Betagla, in his time, which was three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan, and perhaps is this same place:
and passed along by the north of Betharabah; another city belonged to Benjamin, Jos 18:22; and lay in a as its name shows; or in a plain, as the Targum:
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; by whom, or on whose account, it was placed, either as a sepulchral stone, he being buried there, or in memory of some famous exploit done by him there, he being one of those of the tribe of Reuben, that came with Joshua to assist in the war against the Canaanites; or it was set for a sign of the border, as Kimchi thinks, it being the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, Jos 18:17. Bunting says b it is near Bahurim, in the valley just in the king’s way, and is of an extraordinary greatness, shining like marble.
a De loc. Heb. fol. 87. G. b Travels, &c. p. 144.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. Beth-hogla The modern Ain Hadjla, a fine spring of beautiful sweet water at the north of the Dead Sea, about two miles west of the Jordan.
Beth-arabah House of solitude: in the desert of Judah, and apparently not far from Beth-hogla. It is mentioned again in Jos 15:61 and Jos 18:22, and in Jos 18:18 is called simply Arabah; first allotted to Judah, then relinquished to Benjamin.
Stone of Bohan This cannot be located. It was a memorial of a Reubenite warrior slain in the conquest of the land.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ver. 6, 7. And the border went up to Beth-hoglah This border, issuing from the north point of the Dead sea, towards the west, was formed by a line which passed by Beth-hoglah, a city in the tribe of Benjamin, above Beth-Arabah, whether we understand by it another city of this name in the same tribe, ch. Jos 18:21 or that mentioned ver. 61 or, with some geographers, make of these two places only one and the same city, placed on the border of the two tribes. This line went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, a place famous, no doubt, for some monument which had been erected in memory of a great exploit performed there by Bohan, or because he was there buried. It then went on toward Debir, (ver. 7.) a city unknown, but evidently different from that which stood in the neighbourhood of Hebron, ver. 15.From the valley of Achor, mentioned before in ch. Jos 7:24; Jos 7:26 and so northward, looking toward Gilgal; that is, by the valley of Achor, which had on the north Gilgal, or rather Geliloth, in the tribe of Benjamin, according to Masius, Le Clerc, &c. Calmet is of opinion, that both here and in ch. 18: Gilgal and Geliloth signify, in general, limits. Gilgal is said to be before the going up to Adummim, in the same tribe of Judah, or perhaps of Benjamin, on the south side of the river, i.e. probably, Kedron. After this it passed on towards the north, constantly inclining from east to west, by the waters of En-shemesh, whence it proceeded to the spring or fountain of En-rogel, near Jerusalem.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jos 15:6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
Ver. 6. To the stone of Bohan. ] Which had its name for some unknown reason: so Migdalgad. Jos 15:37
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Bethhogla: Probably the Bethagla mentioned by Jerome is the same as the “threshing-floor of Atad,” – Gen 50:10, situated three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan; and belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, though serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah. Jos 18:19, Jos 18:20
the stone: Jos 18:17
Reciprocal: Jos 15:61 – Betharabah Jos 18:18 – Arabah Jos 18:21 – Bethhoglah Jos 18:22 – Betharabah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15:6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the {c} stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
(c) Which was a mark to part their countries.