--- title: "Clarke" description: "Verse Joshua 16:1. The children of Joseph — Ephraim and Manasseh, and their descendants. The limits of the tribe of Ephraim extended along the borders of" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/joshua/16" --- Verse [Joshua 16:1](../../../kjv/joshua/16/1). ***The children of Joseph*** — Ephraim and Manasseh, and their descendants. The limits of the tribe of Ephraim extended along the borders of Benjamin and Dan, from *Jordan* on the *east* to the *Mediterranean* on the *west*. Verse [Joshua 16:2](../../../kjv/joshua/16/2). ***From Bethel to Luz*** — From [Genesis 28:19](../../../kjv/genesis/28/19) it appears that the place which Jacob called *Beth-el* was formerly called *Luz*; see the note there: but here they seem to be two distinct places. It is very likely that the place where Jacob had the vision was not in *Luz*, but in some place within a small distance of that city or village, (see the note on [Genesis 28:12](../../../kjv/genesis/28/12)), and that sometimes the whole place was called *Beth-el*, at other times *Luz*, and sometimes, as in the case above, the two places were distinguished. As we find the term *London* comprises, not only *London*, but also the city of *Westminster* and the borough of *Southwark*; though at other times all three are distinctly mentioned. ***Archi to Ataroth*** — Archi was the country of Hushai, the friend of David, [2 Samuel 15:32](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/32), who is called *Hushai the Archite*. Ataroth, called *Ataroth-addar*, Ataroth the illustrious, [Joshua 16:5](../../../kjv/joshua/16/5), and simply *Ataroth*, [Joshua 16:7](../../../kjv/joshua/16/7), is supposed to have been about fifteen miles from Jerusalem. Verse [Joshua 16:3](../../../kjv/joshua/16/3). ***Beth-horon the nether*** — This city was about twelve miles from Jerusalem, on the side of *Nicopolis*, formerly *Emmaus*. - CALMET. [Joshua 10:10](../../../kjv/joshua/10/10). Verse [Joshua 16:5](../../../kjv/joshua/16/5). ***Ataroth-addar*** — [Joshua 16:2](../../../kjv/joshua/16/2). ***Beth-horon the upper*** — The situation of this town is little known. It was eastward of *Beth-horon* the *nether*, and consequently not far from it. Verse [Joshua 16:8](../../../kjv/joshua/16/8). ***Tappuah*** — This was a city in the tribe of Manasseh, and gave name to a certain district called the *land of Tappuah*. See [Joshua 17:8](../../../kjv/joshua/17/8). ***The sea*** — The *Mediterranean*, as before. Verse [Joshua 16:9](../../../kjv/joshua/16/9). ***And the separate cities*** — That is, the cities that were separated from the tribe of Manasseh to be given to Ephraim; see [Joshua 17:9](../../../kjv/joshua/17/9). Verse [Joshua 16:10](../../../kjv/joshua/16/10). ***The Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer*** — It appears that the Canaanites were not expelled from this city till the days of Solomon, when it was taken by the king of Egypt his father-in-law, who made it a present to his daughter, Solomon's queen. See [1 Kings 9:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/16). And see the note on [Joshua 10:33](../../../kjv/joshua/10/33). The Ephraimites, however, had so far succeeded in subjecting these people as to oblige them to pay tribute, though they could not, or at least did not, totally expel them. OF the *names* and *places* in this chapter, we may say the same as of others already mentioned. [Joshua 15:1](../../../kjv/joshua/15/1); [Joshua 15:1](../../../kjv/joshua/15/1). Many of those towns were small, and, we may rationally conclude, slightly built, and consequently have perished perhaps more than a thousand years ago. It would be therefore useless to look for such places *now*. Several of the towns in England, a land not exposed to such revolutions as that of Palestine has ever been, mentioned by Caesar and other ancient writers, are no longer discernible. Several have changed their names, and not a few their situation. Tradition states that the city of Norwich anciently stood some miles from its present situation; and we have the fullest proof that this was the case with the city of Salisbury. 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