Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 19:41-46
(41-46) All the towns mentioned here are identified by Conder.Zorah—Sur’ahEshtaol—Eshû’aIr-shemesh—Ain Sheme Shaalabbin—SelbîtAjalon—YâloJethlah—(Ruin) Beit Tul}Are all in sheet 17Elon—Beit ElloThimnathah—(Ruin) Tibneh}Sheet 14Ekron-(akir, sheet 16){Gibbethon-(Kibbiah, sheet 14)Baalath—(Belaîn, sheet 14)Jehud—El-Yehudîyeh Bene-berak—Ibn Ibrak}Sheet 13For Gath-rimmon, Conder suggests Gath; but this he identifies with Tell-es-Safi, which is well within the territory of Judah (to the south of... read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:1-51
The Second Allotment (continued). The Territories of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan. The Inheritance of Joshua1-9. The lot of Simeon. Observe that no borders are named, and the lot includes towns previously taken by Judah (Joshua 15:31-32): see Joshua 19:9. This tribe was settled in the Negeb, or ’south country,’ that slopes away from the Hebron range towards the desert, bounded on the W. by the Mediterranean and on the E. by the Dead Sea and the Valley of Edom.10-16. The lot... read more