Discovery BoxJoshua 15:2 
Context15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, 1
Joshua 15:12
Context15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. 2 These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. 3
Joshua 15:45-47
Context15:45 Ekron and its surrounding towns 4 and settlements; 15:46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt 5 and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. 6
1 tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”
sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea (also in v. 5).
2 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
3 tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”
4 tn Heb “daughters.”
5 tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.
6 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
