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 F1 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. I. times called Nasib, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Hebron. read more
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 F2 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. A. . And Achzib is said to be on the borders of Asher, Joshua 19:29 , and is supposed the same with Chezib, Genesis 38:5 ; and the Ecdippa of... read more
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 . read more
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 Gill on Amos 1:8 and See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4 . read more
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 Gill on Amos 1:7 ; See Gill on Zephaniah 2:4 ; See Gill on Acts 8:26 ; these, with the two other principalities not mentioned, Gath and Ashkelon, were in the western border of the tribe of Judah, which reached from Ekron, the first that is mentioned: unto the river of Egypt ; of which see Joshua 15:4 , and the great sea,... read more
And in the mountains ,.... The hill country of Judea, as it is called Luke 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 F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. there was a village of this name in the mountainous parts, situated between Eleutheropolis, and Ashkelon in the tribe of Judah; see Micah 1:11 , and Jattir the same writer calls Jether, in the tribe of Judah;... read more
And Dannah ,.... Dannah is not mentioned elsewhere: and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir ; Kirjathsannah had three names, this and Debir, and Kirjathsepher; See Gill on Joshua 15:15 ; all which are of much the same signification; for "Sanna" with the Arabs F6 "mos vivendi, lex", Golius, col. 1221. Castell. col. 2567. Vid. Bochart. Canaan, 50:2. c. 17. col. 771. , and so with the Phoenicians, signifies law, doctrine, and manner of life; and with the Mahometans the secondary law to... read more
And Anab ,.... Of Anab; see Gill on Joshua 11:21 , and Eshtemoh Jerom calls F8 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. G. 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 Hebron, as he does this to the east, the inhabitants of which in his time were all Christians. read more
And Goshen ,.... Of Goshen in the land of Canaan; see Gill 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. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:42
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 F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. & 92. I. , there is now a very large village called Jethira, in interior Daroma, near Malatha, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis: and Ashan also was given to the tribe of... read more