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
And Ziklag ,.... Ziklag was also given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:5 , it was in the bands of the king of Gath, in the times of David, who gave it to him; it bordered on the Amalekites, and is placed by Jerom F3 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. in Daroma, on the south of the lot of Judah or Simeon. and Madmannah , according to the same writer F4 Ibid. fol. 93. E. , was in his time called Menois, a town near the city Gaza: and Sansannah , of which no mention is made... read more
And Lebaoth ,.... Whether Lebaoth is the same with Bethlebaoth, given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:6 ; is not certain: and Shilhim is nowhere else spoken of: and Ain seems to be the same with that in Numbers 34:11 ; also See Gill on Numbers 34:11 . and Rimmon , the place Jerom F5 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. calls Eremmon, which he says was a large village of the Jews, sixteen miles from Eleutheropolis to the south, in Daroma; this and the preceding are joined... read more
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
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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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 15:20-63
We have here a list of the several cities that fell within the lot of the tribe of Judah, which are mentioned by name, that they might know their own, and both keep it and keep to it, and might neither through cowardice nor sloth lose the possession of what was their own. I. The cities are here named, and numbered in several classes, which they then could account for the reason of better than we can now. Here are, 1. Some that are said to be the uttermost cities towards the coast of Edom,... read more