Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:42
Libnah - See the note on Joshua 10:29 . Ether - From Joshua 19:7 ; we learn that this city was afterwards given to the tribe of Simeon. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:44
Keilah - This town was near Hebron, and is said to have been the burying-place of the prophet Habakkuk. David obliged the Philistines to raise the siege of it; (see 1 Samuel 23:1-13 ;); but finding that its inhabitants had purposed to deliver him into the hands of Saul, who was coming in pursuit of him, he made his escape. See this remarkable case explained in the note on Deuteronomy 32:15 ; (note). Mareshah - Called also Maresheth and Marasthi; it was the birth-place of the prophet... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:46
Ekron - One of the five Philistine lordships; see the note on Joshua 13:3 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:47
Ashdod - Called also Azotus, Acts 8:40 . Unto the river of Egypt - The Pelusiac branch of the Nile, or Sihor. But see on Joshua 15:4 ; (note). The great sea - The Mediterranean. read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:13
Verse 13 13.And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh, etc Were we to judge from the actual state of matters, it would seem ridiculous repeatedly to celebrate an imaginary grant from which Caleb received no benefit while Joshua was alive. But herein due praise is given both to the truth of God, and to the faith of his saint in resting on his promise. Therefore, although sneering men, and the inhabitants of the place itself, if the rumor had reached them, might have derided the vain solicitude of... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:14
Verse 14 Here we have a narrative of what plainly appears from the book of Joshua to have taken place subsequent to the death of Joshua; but lest a question might have been raised by the novelty of the procedure, in giving a fertile and well watered field as the patrimony of a woman, the writer of the book thought proper to insert a history of that which afterwards happened, in order that no ambiguity might remain in regard to the lot of the tribe of Judah. First, Caleb is said, after he had... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:18
Verse 18 18.And it came to pass as she came unto him, etc Although we may conjecture that the damsel Acsa was of excellent morals and well brought up, as marriage with her had been held forth as the special reward (149) of victory, yet perverse cupidity on her part is here disclosed. She knew that by the divine law women were specially excluded from hereditary lands, but she nevertheless covets the possession of them, and stimulates her husband by unjust expostulation. In this way ambitious and... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:20
Verse 20 20.This is the inheritance, etc He had formerly, indeed, traced out the boundaries of the children of Judah; but it is now shown for a different reason how large and fertile the territory was which the Lord in his great liberality had bestowed upon them. One hundred and thirteen cities with their towns and villages are enumerated. The number attests not only the populousness, but also the fertility of the country. And there cannot be a doubt that by the divine blessing a new degree of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:41
Beth-dagon - The house or temple of Dagon. This is a well known idol of the Philistines, and probably the place mentioned here was in some part of their territories; but the situation at present is unknown. read more