Bible Dictionary
Judah upon Jordan
“Judah upon Jordan” is a disputed rendering of Joshua 19:34. It may instead mean that Judah was named separately and that the Jordan lay toward the eastern side of the territory.
Definition
“Judah upon Jordan” is a disputed rendering of Joshua 19:34. The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, uses this wording, while another reading makes Judah a separate reference and places the Jordan toward the east.
Biblical Usage
The phrase belongs to the description of tribal boundaries in Joshua.
Historical Background
The alternative interpretation follows the Masoretic punctuation. The supplied material also notes that the settlements called Havoth-jair east of Jordan were reckoned to Judah through Jair’s paternal connection.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh. 19:34. It has been suggested that, following the Masoretic punctuation, the expression should read thus, “and Judah; the Jordan was toward the sun-rising.” The sixty cities (Havoth-jair, Num. 32:41) on the east of Jordan were reckoned as belonging to Judah, because Jair, their founder, was a Manassite only on his mother’s side, but on his father’s side of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:5, 21-23).