And Elon,.... Of Elon no mention is made elsewhere;
and Thimnathah is a different place from Timnah in the tribe of Judah,
Joshua 15:10. Jerom (s) speaks of the Thamnitic country, so called from the village Thamna, which seems to be this;
and Ekron was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, and never possessed by the Israelites; it first fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, and afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 15:45.
(s) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.
And Elon,.... Of Elon no mention is made elsewhere;
and Thimnathah is a different place from Timnah in the tribe of Judah,
Joshua 15:10. Jerom (s) speaks of the Thamnitic country, so called from the village Thamna, which seems to be this;
and Ekron was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, and never possessed by the Israelites; it first fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, and afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 15:45.
(s) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.