King James Version
Joshua 16:7 in the King James Version says “And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.”
Joshua 16:7 · KJV
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And it went down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“and went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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