Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:30
Hormah - A place rendered famous by the defeat of the Hebrews by the Canaanites. See Numbers 14:45 , Deuteronomy 1:44 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:31
Ziklag - The Philistines seem to have kept possession of this city till the time of David, who received it from Achish, king of Gath, 1 Samuel 27:6 ; after which time it remained in the possession of the kings of Judah. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:32
All the cities are twenty and nine , with their villages - But on a careful examination we shall find thirty-eight; but it is supposed that nine of these are excepted; viz., Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, Baalah, Azem, Hormah, Ziklag, Ain, and Rimmon, which were afterwards given to the tribe of Simeon. This may appear satisfactory, but perhaps the truth will be found to be this: Several cities in the promised land are expressed by compound terms; not knowing the places,... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:33
Eshtaol , and Zoreah - Here Samson was buried, it being the burial-place of his fathers; see Judges 16:31 . These places though first given to Judah, afterwards fell to the lot of Dan, Joshua 19:41 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:35
Jarmuth - See the note on Joshua 10:3 . Adullam - See the note on Joshua 12:15 . Socoh - It was near this place that David fought with and slew Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 17:1 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:36
Gederah - See the note on Joshua 12:13 . Fourteen cities - Well reckoned, we shall find fifteen cities here; but probably Gederah and Gederothaim ( Joshua 15:36 ;) are the same. See the note on Joshua 15:32 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63
The inheritance of Judah. This chapter does not suggest much matter for homiletic treatment. The chief points to be noticed are HOMILIES BY J. WAITE read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:29
Iim . The Alexandrian version of LXX . has ἀυείμ here. If this be correct, the city was named after the Avim (see note on Joshua 13:4 ). If we take the reading in the text we must interpret by ruins ( see note on Ai, Joshua 7:2 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:32
Ain, Rimmon (see Joshua 19:7 ; 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 :82; Nehemiah 11:29 ). More likely the name of one place Ain-Rimmon, the fountain of the god Rimmon. For Rimmon see 2 Kings 5:18 . The word signifying eye, or fountain, is written indifferently Ain or En in our version (see En-shemesh and En-rogel in this chapter). Bitumen is mentioned in Zechariah 14:10 as "south of Jerusalem." Now Umm er-Rumamin (Conder). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:28
Beer-sheba - A city, famous in the book of Genesis as the residence of the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, Genesis 22:19 ; Genesis 28:10 ; Genesis 46:1 . See the note on Genesis 21:31 . It lay on the way between Canaan and Egypt, about forty miles from Jerusalem. read more