And Eltolad ,.... The first of these cities is called Tolad, 1 Chronicles 4:29 , and Chesil seems to be the same with Bethul and Bethuel, Joshua 19:4 1 Chronicles 4:30 ; and here the Greek version calls it Baithel: and Hormah is the same with Zephath, Judges 1:17 . All these three cities were given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:4 . read more
And Ziklag ,.... Ziklag was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:5 , it was in the bands of the king of Gath, in the times of David, who gave it to him; it bordered on the Amalekites, and is placed by Jerom F3 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. in Daroma, on the south of the lot of Judah or Simeon. and Madmannah , according to the same writer F4 Ibid. fol. 93. E. , was in his time called Menois, a town near the city Gaza: and Sansannah , of which no mention is made... read more
And Lebaoth ,.... Whether Lebaoth is the same with Bethlebaoth, given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:6 ; is not certain: and Shilhim is nowhere else spoken of: and Ain seems to be the same with that in Numbers 34:11 ; also See Gill on Numbers 34:11 . and Rimmon , the place Jerom F5 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. calls Eremmon, which he says was a large village of the Jews, sixteen miles from Eleutheropolis to the south, in Daroma; this and the preceding are joined... read more
And in the valley ,.... In Joshua 15:33 are enumerated the several cities belonging to the tribe of Judah which lay in the valley. Jerom F6 De. loc. Heb. fol. 94. M. says, that now all the plain and champaign country near Eleutheropolis, which verges to the north and west, is called "Sephela", or the valley: Eshtaol ; the two first of these seem to be given afterwards to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:41 ; between these two places Samson was born and buried, Judges 13:2 ; they... read more
And Zanoah ,.... The first of these, Jerom says F9 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. G. , is in the borders of Eleutheropolis, as you go to Aelia (or Jerusalem); there is at this day a village called Zanua: and Engannim , which signifies a fountain of gardens, is now (according to the same writer F11 Ibid. fol. 91. E. ) a village near Bethel: and Tappuah was a royal city, of which see Joshua 12:17 . Enaim, in the tribe of Judah, Jerom says F12 Ibid. fol. 91. E. in his day was... read more
Jarmuth, and Adullam ,.... The two first of these were royal cities, of which see Joshua 10:3 , Socoh ; Jerom says F13 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. there were two little villages in his day of the name of Socho, as you go to Aelia (or Jerusalem), from Eleutheropolis, in the ninth mile on the public way, one in the mountain, and the other in the plain, (the same with this,) both of which were called Socoth: of this place was Antigonus, president of the sanhedrim, and successor of... read more
And Sharaim ,.... Sharaim seems to be the Saara of Jerom, which he describes as a village on the borders of Eleutheropolis, to the north as you go to Nicopolis (or Emmaus), about ten miles from it in the tribe of Dan or Judah F15 Ut supra. (De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.) ; there was a place called Bethshaaraim, where the sanhedrim sometimes sat F16 T. Bab. Roshhashauah, fol. 31. 2. , and where R. Judah was buried F17 Gloss. in T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 47. 1. . This seems to be... read more
Zenan ,.... Here begins another list or catalogue of the cities in the valley or plain. Zenan perhaps is the same with Zaanan, Micah 1:11 , and Hadashah was so small a city in Judea in the times of the Misnic doctors, that they say F20 Misn. Eruvim, c. 5. sect. 6. it had but fifty dwellings in it; and Jerom speaks F21 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F. of a place called Adasa, in the tribe of Judah, in his times a village near Guphua; it should be Taphna: and Migdalgad , of which... read more
And Dilean ,.... Of the first of these nothing is to be said: and Mizpeh , of which name there were cities in other tribes; this in the tribe of Judah was in the times of Jerom F23 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. D. called Mapha, on the borders of Eleutheropolis to the south, as you go to Aelia, or Jerusalem: and Joktheel , of which nothing is to be said. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:29
Baalah ,.... Baalah was given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:3 ; for Baalah is the same with Balah there, as it is with Bilba, 1 Chronicles 4:29 ; though according to the Jerusalem Talmud F9 Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3. it is the same with Baalah, given to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:44 ; and was one of those places whose houses were in Judah and their fields in Dan: and Azem was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:3 ; it is the same with Ezem, 1 Chronicles... read more