Joshua 15:61
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
American King James Version (AKJV)
In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
American Standard Version (ASV)
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;
Webster's Revision
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
World English Bible
In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
English Revised Version (ERV)
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;
Barnes's Joshua 15:61 Bible Commentary
This district, including the towns in "the wilderness," the scene of David's wanderings (1 Samuel 23:24; Psalm 63:1-11 title), and of the preaching of the Baptist Matthew 3:1, and perhaps of our Lord's temptation Matthew 4, extended from the northern limit of Judah along the Dead Sea to the Negeb; it was bounded on the west by that part of "the mountains" or highlands of Judah, which adjoined Bethlehem and Maon. It abounds in limestone rocks, perforated by numerous caverns, and often of fantastic shapes. It is badly supplied with water, and hence, is for the most part barren, though affording in many parts, now quite desolate, clear tokens of former cultivation. It contained only a thin population in the days of Joshua.
