And Kinah ,.... Of this city we read of nowhere else: and Dimonah ; the second city is thought to be the same with Dibon, Nehemiah 11:25 ; and Jerom F2 Comment. in Esaiam, c. 15. 9. observes, that a place elsewhere was indifferently called in his time Dibon and Dimon; and Adadah ; the last of these cities is nowhere met with. read more
And Kedesh ,.... The first of these cities seems to be Kadeshbarnea, which was to the south of the land, and on the borders of Edom, from whence the spies were sent, Numbers 32:8 , and Hazor is another city from that which is mentioned, Joshua 11:1 ; and was in the tribe of Naphtali: and Ithnan , which Jerom F3 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. H. calls Jedna, was, according to him, six miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Hebron; the Greek version joins this and the former city... read more
Ziph ,.... Ziph was of the tribe of Judah in the south, on the borders of Eleutheropolis, as Jerom says F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. G. and was eight miles from Hebron to the east; and in his time a village was shown, where David was hid; but that Ziph seems to be in another part of this tribe near Carmel, and from whence a wilderness had its name; see Joshua 15:55 , and Telem is supposed to be the same with Telaim, 1 Samuel 15:4 , and Bealoth ; of this city we read nowhere... read more
And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor. According to the Targum, two cities only are here meant, which reads, "and Hazorhadattah, and Keriothhezron, which is Hazor"; and this reading seems to be right; there were three Hazors in this tribe, one in Joshua 15:23 , and two more here, which are distinguished; the first is called Hazorhadattah, or new Hazor; of which Jerom says F5 De. loc. Heb. fol. 88. B. , there is a village at this day called Asor, in the... read more
Amam ,.... Of Amam we read nowhere else: and Shema is thought by some to be the same with Sheba, though wrongly, given afterwards to the tribe of Simeon, as was also Moladah, mentioned with it, Joshua 19:2 , and Moladah ; it is also spoken of in 1 Chronicles 4:28 , and seems to be the same with Malathi or Malatis, about twenty miles from Hebron F6 Vid. Reland. Palest. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 885, 886. . read more
And Hazargaddah ,.... The first of these, it is probable, is the same, Jerom F7 Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 92. B. calls Gadda, in the tribe of Judah, which was in his day a village in the extreme borders of Daroma to the east, hanging over the dead sea: and Heshmon is met with nowhere else: and Bethpalet is in Nehemiah 11:26 , where it is called Bethphelet. read more
And Hazarshual ,.... The first of these seems to have its name from an haunt of foxes here, and was given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:3 ; and is mentioned as here with Beersheba, 1 Chronicles 4:28 Nehemiah 11:27 , and Beersheba was a city well known in the extreme border of the land of Canaan southward; hence the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba", Judges 20:1 , of which Jerom says F8 lbid. fol. 89. E. F. , Bersabee, in the tribe of Judah or Simeon, is at this day a large... read more
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
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
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:21
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah ,.... That is, those cities which were the outward part of the tribe of Judah, the southern border of it; for the midland cities are not in this part, of the description reckoned, which reaches from hence to the end of Joshua 15:32 , toward the coast of Edom southward : it begins about the dead sea, and goes on in that part of the land of Canaan which bordered on Idumea, and so proceeds on westward towards Gaza, and the... read more