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Climbing again to the Valley of Ben-hinnom[a] on the southern flank of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem), the boundary rose to the top of the mountain at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim,(A) which bounds the Valley of Hinnom on the west. From the top of the mountain it ran to the fountain of waters of Nephtoah,(B) extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and continued to Baalah, or Kiriath-jearim. 10 From Baalah the boundary curved westward to Mount Seir and passed north of the ridge of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon); it descended to Beth-shemesh, and ran across to Timnah.

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  1. 15:8 The Valley of Ben-hinnom: the southern limit of Jerusalem. Ben-hinnom means “son of Hinnom.” The place was also called Valley of Hinnom, in Hebrew ge-hinnom, whence the word “Gehenna” is derived.

Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom(A) along the southern slope of the Jebusite(B) city (that is, Jerusalem(C)). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley(D) at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.(E) From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,(F) came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah(G) (that is, Kiriath Jearim).(H) 10 Then it curved westward from Baalah(I) to Mount Seir,(J) ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh(K) and crossed to Timnah.(L)

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