And Kattath, and Nahallal,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in Joshua 21:34;
and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, Joshua 11:1;
and Idalah is a place Bochart conjectures (t) where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names;
and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this:
twelve cities with their villages; more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.
(t) Canaan, l. 1. c. 3. col. 356.
And Kattath, and Nahallal,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else, but in Joshua 21:34;
and Shimron was a royal city, the king of which Joshua took and hanged, Joshua 11:1;
and Idalah is a place Bochart conjectures (t) where the goddess Venus was worshipped, Idalia being one of her names;
and Bethlehem is a different place from that which was the birthplace of our Lord, called Bethlehem of Judah, to distinguish it from this:
twelve cities with their villages; more are named, but some of them belonged to other tribes, and only lay on the borders of this; and others might not be properly cities, but small towns.
(t) Canaan, l. 1. c. 3. col. 356.