To The South

And he went on his journeys from the south even To Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad To the west, and To the east, and To the north, and To the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

• Standards
• Armies

On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according To their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

And your border shall turn from the south To the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on To Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south To Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on To Hazaraddar, and pass on To Azmon:

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be To them the suburbs of the cities.

Turn you, and take your journey, and go To the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, To the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

And To the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

And from the plain To the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way To Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:

From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, To the borders of the Amorites:

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even To the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

And it went out To the south side To Maalehacrabbim, and passed along To Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along To Hezron, and went up To Adar, and fetched a compass To Karkaa:

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up To Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up To the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

And the border went over from thence toward Luz, To the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended To Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out To the well of waters of Nephtoah:

And the border came down To the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended To the valley of Hinnom, To the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended To Enrogel,

And the border passed along To the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

And all the villages that were round about these cities To Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according To their families.

And then the coast turneth westward To Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence To Hukkok, and reacheth To Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth To Asher on the west side, and To Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

And afterward the children of Judah went down To fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

• Tabernacle

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel To Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

• Weeping

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face To the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

Then came up the Ziphites To Saul To Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

And they arose, and went To Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road To day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

And it came To pass, when David and his men were come To Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth To Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

And came To the strong hold of Tyre, and To all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out To the south of Judah, even To Beersheba.

He caused an east wind To blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

the wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according To his circuits.

• Camel

the burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, To a people that shall not profit them.

I will say To the north, Give up; and To the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity To return, saith the LORD.

And say To the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south To the north shall be burned therein.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south To the north:

After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according To these measures.

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate To gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

And he brought me To the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according To these measures;

And according To the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

• Temple

But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate To worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

And the south side southward, from Tamar even To the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river To the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and To the river toward the great sea.

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come To the king of the north To make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves To establish the vision; but they shall fall.

• Fortifications
• Armies

So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength To withstand.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up To battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba To Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth To hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

the queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth To hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

• Wind

And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh To pass.

And because the haven was not commodious To winter in, the more part advised To depart thence also, if by any means they might attain To Phenice, and there To winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

And from thence we fetched a compass, and came To Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day To Puteoli: