42 Towns in the Western Hills of Judah listed in Joshua 15

Joshua 15:33-47

In the western foothills:

Eshtaol,

Zorah,

Ashnah,

Zanoah,

En Gannim,

Tappuah,

Enam,

Jarmuth,

Adullam,

Sokoh,

Azekah,

Shaaraim,

Adithaim

and Gederah (or Gederothaim)

 - fourteen towns and their villages.

Zenan,

Hadashah,

Migdal Gad,

Dilean,

Mizpah,

Joktheel,

Lachish,

Bozkath,

Eglon,

Kabbon,

Lahmas,

Kitlish,

Gederoth,

Beth Dagon,

Naamah

and Makkedah

- sixteen towns and their villages. 

Libnah,

Ether,

Ashan,

Iphtah,

Ashnah,

Nezib,

Keilah,

Akzib

and Mareshah

 - nine towns and their villages

Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages;

west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages;

and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

29 Southernmost Towns in Judah listed in Joshua 15

Joshua 15:21-32

The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were:

Kabzeel,

Eder,

Jagur,

Kinah,

Dimonah,

Adadah,

Kedesh,

Hazor,

Ithnan,

Ziph,

Telem,

Bealoth,

Hazor Hadattah,

Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor),

Amam,

Shema,

Moladah,

Hazar Gaddah,

Heshmon,

Beth Pelet,

Hazar Shual,

Beersheba,

Biziothiah,

Baalah,

Iyim,

Ezem,

Eltolad,

Kesil,

Hormah,

Ziklag,

Madmannah,

Sansannah,

Lebaoth,

Shilhim,

Ain

and Rimmon

 - a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.

6 Areas of Judah Mentioned in Joshua 12

Joshua 12:7, 8 Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

The lands included

the hill country,

the western foothills,

the Arabah,

the mountain slopes,

the wilderness

and the Negev.

These were the lands of the

Hittites,

Amorites,

Canaanites,

Perizzites,

Hivites

and Jebusites.

31 Canaanite Kings Listed in Joshua 12:9-24

9 the king of Jericho	one
the king of Ai (near Bethel)	one
10 the king of Jerusalem	one
the king of Hebron	one
11 the king of Jarmuth	one
the king of Lachish	one
12 the king of Eglon	one
the king of Gezer	one
13 the king of Debir	one
the king of Geder	one
14 the king of Hormah	one
the king of Arad	one
15 the king of Libnah	one
the king of Adullam	one
16 the king of Makkedah	one
the king of Bethel	one
17 the king of Tappuah	one
the king of Hepher	one
18 the king of Aphek	one
the king of Lasharon	one
19 the king of Madon	one
the king of Hazor	one
20 the king of Shimron Meron	one
the king of Akshaph	one
21 the king of Taanach	one
the king of Megiddo	one
22 the king of Kedesh	one
the king of Jokneam in Carmel	one
23 the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor)	one
the king of Goyim in Gilgal	one
24 the king of Tirzah	one
thirty-one kings in all.

7 Songs alluded to in Scripture

The Bible alludes to several songs without including any lyrics

1. Solomon wrote 1,005 songs (1 Kings 4:32). The Bible doesn’t record them all, but we have a good idea which one Solomon thought was best, the Song of all Songs (Sol 1:1). 

2. When king Hezekiah repaired the temple, the trumpeters kicked off a song to the Lord (2 Chron 29:27)

3. Jeremiah writes a dirge for the fallen king Josiah, but this may be one of the chapters in Lamentations (2 Chron 35:25)

4. Some of the Levites who returned from exile in Babylon are specifically responsible for songs of thanksgiving (Ne 12:8)

5. Jesus and the apostles sing a hymn in the upper room after Christ’s last supper (Matt 26:30). This is probably the Great Hallel from the latter part of the Psalms

6. Paul and Silas sing when they are in prison - before God gets them out (Acts 16:25)

7. The 144,000 redeemed witnesses in John’s revelation sing a song before the throne of God, the living creatures, and the elders - a song only the 144,000 know (Revelation 14:3).

20 Songs in the Old Testament

Besides the songs in the Psalms, the Song of Solomon and the 5 Lamentations there are

1. The song of Moses and Miriam or of the Sea (Exodus 15:1–18, 21)

2. The song of wells in the wilderness (Nu 21:17–18)

3. The song of Moses and Joshua (Deuteronomy 31:19–22, 30, 32:1–43)

4. The song of Deborah and Baruk (Jdg 5)

5. The song of Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10)
6. The song of David’s victory (1 Sam 18:7)

7. The song of the bow (2 Samuel 1:17–27)

8. The lament of David for Abner (2 Samuel 3:33–34)

9. The song of Asaph for the temple’s completion (2 Chronicles 5:13)

10. Isaiah’s vineyard song (Isaiah 5:1–2)

11. The song of the harlot (Isaiah 23:15) 

12. The song of Judah’s protection (Isaiah 26:1–6)
13. The song of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:9-20)

14. The lament for the princes of Israel (Ezek 19:1–14)

15. The international lament for Tyre (Ezek 26:17–18)

16. Ezekiel’s lament over Tyre (Ezek 27) includes the sailors' lament for Tyre (Ezek 27:32–36)

17. Ezekiel’s second lament over the king of Tyre (Ezek 28:12–19)

18. Ezekiel’s lament for Pharaoh (Ezek 32:2) 

19. The dirge of Amos for the house of Israel (Amos 5:2)

20. The song of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3)

[The song of David’s deliverance is in 2 Samuel 22 as well as Ps 18 and Asaph’s psalm of praise is in 1 Ch 16:7 as well as Ps 105]

5 Questions for religious people as found in Romans 2

Romans 2:21-24

... you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself?

You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?

You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who boast in the law, do you dishonour God by breaking the law?

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

4 characteristics (plus extras) of the religious in Romans 2

Romans 2:17-20

Now you,

if you call yourself a Jew;

if you rely on the law and boast in God;

if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

if you are convinced that you are

a guide for the blind,
a light for those who are in the dark,
an instructor of the foolish,
a teacher of little children,

because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth - ....

4 forms of idolatry mentioned by Paul in Romans 1

Romans 1:22, 23

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like

a mortal human being

and birds

and animals

and reptiles.

9 forms of idolatry to be avoided according to Moses in Deutereonomy

Deuteronomy 4:15-19
You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape,

whether formed like a man

or a woman,

or like any animal on earth

or any bird that flies in the air,

or like any creature that moves along the ground

or any fish in the waters below.

And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars - all the heavenly array - do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshipping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.