Joshua 16:7

7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan.

Joshua 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 16:7

And it went down from Johanan to Ataroth
This is different from Ataroth before mentioned, ( Joshua 16:2 ) ; there were several places of this name, as before observed; this seems to be that which Jerom places four miles from Sebaste or Samaria, (See Gill on Joshua 16:2);

and to Naarath;
Jerom ^F7 says, that Naarath was in his time called Naorath, a village of the Jews, five miles from Jericho; and is the village Josephus ^F8 calls Neara, where was a water, half of which Archelaus turned, and led to the field planted with palm trees, near Jericho; and, according to the Jewish writers ^F9: there was a place called Noaran near to Jericho, which seems to be this:

and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan;
where it ended this way, which was eastward.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. I.
F8 Antiqu. l. 17. c. 15. sect. 1.
F9 Vajikra Rabba, sect. 23. fol. 164. 3. Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 9. 3. Echa Rabbati, fol. 50. 4.

Joshua 16:7 In-Context

5 This was the territory of the Ephraimite families: their border ran from Ataroth Addar eastward to Upper Beth Horon,

6 and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. Michmethath was on their north. East of there the border bent toward Taanath Shiloh and went past it on the east to Janoah.

7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan.

8 The border went west from Tappuah to the stream Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the land given to the families of the tribe of Ephraim as their possession,

9 along with some towns and villages that were within the borders of Manasseh, but given to the Ephraimites.