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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lachish,.... Lachish and Eglon were royal cities, of which see Joshua 10:3; and Bozkath, is called Boscath, of which place was the mother of King Josiah, 2 Kings 21:1; some take it to be the same with Bascana, as in the Apocrypha: "And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.'' (1 Maccabees 13:23) and Eglon also was a...
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And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish. Cities of which we can give no account, not being mentioned elsewhere.
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And Gederoth,.... Gederoth is reckoned among the cities of the low country, and south of Judah, 2 Chronicles 28:18; and Bethdagon; in it very probably was a temple of Dagon, which was a principal deity of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 5:2; Jerom says (x) in his time was shown a large village called Capherdagon, between Diospolis and Jamnia; of Naamah,...
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Libnah,.... Here begins another division or list of the cities of Judah, in the valley or plain. Libnah is the same with Libnah, a royal city; see Joshua 10:29; and Ether was given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:7; and under Ether of the lot of Simeon, Jerom writes (y), there is now a very large village called Jethira, in interior Daroma, near...
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And Jiphtah,.... Jiphtah is nowhere else mentioned; and Ashnah; there was another Ashnah of this tribe, and which was in the vale also, met with already in Joshua 15:33; and Nezib was in Jerom's (a) times called Nasib, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Hebron. (a) De loc. Heb. fol. 93. I.
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And Keilah,.... The first of these is a well known city, which David saved from the hands of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:1, c. In Jerom's time it was a little village to the east of Eleutheropolis, about eight miles from it, as you go to Hebron in which was shown the sepulchre of the Prophet Habakkuk (b). And Achzib is said to be on the borders...
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Ekron, with her towns and her villages. One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which with two more next mentioned, though they fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah, were never possessed by them; for which reason perhaps Gath and Ascalon are not mentioned, and these are put for the rest; see Joshua 13:3.
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From Ekron even unto the sea,.... The Mediterranean sea, or the west, as the Targum: all that [lay] near Ashdod, with their villages; this is the Azotus of the New Testament, Acts 8:40, another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which and Ekron [See comments on Amos 1:8] and [See comments on Zephaniah 2:4].
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Ashdod with her towns and, her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages,.... Gaza was another of the principalities of the Philistines, of which [See comments on Amos 1:7]; [See comments on Zephaniah 2:4]; [See comments on Acts 8:26]; these, with the two other principalities not mentioned, Gath and Ashkelon, were in the western border of the...
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And in the mountains,.... The hill country of Judea, as it is called Lu 1:39, in which were the following cities: Shamir: the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version reads Sophir as the name, of the first of these cities; and Jerom says (d) there was a village of this name in the mountainous parts, situated between Eleutheropolis, and Ashkelon in...
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And Dannah,.... Dannah is not mentioned elsewhere, and Kirjathsannah, which [is] Debir; Kirjathsannah had three names, this and Debir, and Kirjathsepher; [See comments on Joshua 15:15]; all which are of much the same signification; for "Sanna" with the Arabs (f), and so with the Phoenicians, signifies law, doctrine, and manner of life; and with...
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And Anab,.... Of Anab, [See comments on Joshua 11:21]; and Eshtemoh Jerom calls (h) Astemech, a village in the tribe of Judah, and belongs to the Jews in Daroma, and is to the north of a place called Anem, perhaps the same with Anim here; and Anim Jerom says is the village Anea, near another of the same name; which he places to the south of...
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And Goshen,.... Of Goshen in the land of Canaan, [See comments on Joshua 10:41]; and Holon, of which there is no other mention; and Giloh was the city of Ahitophel, 2 Samuel 15:12; eleven cities with their villages; the number agrees; this is the first division of cities in the mountains; a second follows.
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Arab,.... Arab is the same Jerom (i) calls Ereb, and was in his time a village in the south, and was called Heromith; and Dumah; Duma, Jerom says (k), was a large village in the south, also on the borders of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles from it; and Eshean, of which we have no account. (i) De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B. (k) Ibid. fol. 90. K.
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And Janum,.... Under the word "Janum", Jerom writes (l), there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to be what is written; and Bethtappuah is by Jerom called Bethaphu (m), and said to be a village in the tribe of Judah, fourteen miles beyond Raphia, as you go to Egypt, which is the border of Palestine; and...
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And Humtah,.... Of Humtah we nowhere else read; and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron; of Kirjatharba we read frequently; [See comments on Joshua 14:15]; and Zior; Jerom says (o), that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah: nine cities with their villages;...
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Maon, Carmel,.... Maon was the dwelling place of Nabal the Carmelite, whose possessions were in Carmel, and were not far from one another, 1 Samuel 25:2. It gave name to a wilderness near where David hid himself from Saul, 1 Samuel 23:25; Jerom (p) places it to the east of Daroma, who also informs (q) us, that there was in his time a village that...
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And Jezreel,.... This Jezreel in the tribe of Judah is different from that which was once a royal seat of some of the kings of Israel, and from whence the famous valley of Jezreel or Esdraelon had its name: of this we have no other account elsewhere; and Jokdeam; of which we have no other mention; and Zanoah is a distinct place from the city of...
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Cain,.... Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain: Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, Judges 20:4, and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, 1 Samuel 11:4,...
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Halhul,.... Here begins a fourth division, or list, of the cities in the mountains. Halhul Jerom calls Ehul, and says (w) there was in his time in the country belonging to Aelia (or Jerusalem) a village by the name of Ahula, near Hebron; and Bethzur, Jerom says (x), was then called Bethseron, a village as you go from Aelia to Hebron, in the...