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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon,.... Of these cities we have no account elsewhere; only mention is made of Eltekeh, in the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:44; six cities with their villages; these were all in the mountainous part of Judea, as were the two following.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Kirjathbaal, (which [is] Kirjathjearim,),.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names, [See comments on Joshua 15:9]; and Rabbah, of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 2 Samuel 12:26; two cities with their villages; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the wilderness,.... The wilderness of Judea, which was not a desert and uninhabited but had many cities and villages in it, those that follow: Betharabah; the first of these seems to be in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and so is ascribed to both; see Joshua 15:6; Middin, and Secacah; of the two last we read nowhere else, only in Judges...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Nibshan,.... Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere; and the city of Salt some take to be Zoar, so called because near the salt sea, or where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, Genesis 19:22; but rather this city might be so called, because salt was made here. and Engedi, or Engaddi, is a well known place, near the salt sea; [See...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... From whom the city was called Jebus, Judges 19:10. The Jews say, that these Jebusites were not those of the seven nations; but there was a man whose name was Jebus, and he was of the Philistines, of the seed of Abimelech, and the place was called by his name Jebus; and the men of that family...