Arab ,.... Arab is the same Jerom F9 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B. calls Ereb, and was in his time a village in the south, and was called Heromith: and Dumah ; Duma, Jerom says F11 Ibid. fol. 90. K. , was a large village in the south, also on the borders of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles from it: and Eshean , of which we have no account. read more
And Janum ,.... Under the word "Janum", Jerom writes F12 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I. , there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to be what is written: and Bethtappuah is by Jerom called Bethaphu F13 Ibid. fol. 89. F. , and said to be a village in the tribe of Judah, fourteen miles beyond Raphia, as you go to Egypt, which is the border of Palestine: and Aphekah ; Jerom speaks F14 Ibid. fol. 88. D. of a large castle in his time... read more
And Humtah ,.... Of Humtah we nowhere else read: and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron ; of Kirjatharba we read frequently; See Gill on Joshua 14:15 , and Zior ; Jerom says F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. H. , that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah: nine cities with their villages ; which is exactly their number, as expressed; here ends the second division, or of the cities in the hill... read more
Beth-tappuah - The house of the apple or citron tree. Probably a place where these grew in great abundance and perfection. Aphekah - See the note on Joshua 12:18 . read more
Kirjath-arba - See the note on Joshua 14:15 . read more
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
List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,, those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21-32; of “the valley,” or “the plain” (“Shephelah”, Joshua 15:33-47); of “the mountains” Joshua 15:48-60; and of “the wilderness” Joshua 15:61-62. Many of the identifications are still conjectural only.Joshua 15:21-32. The Negeb was for the most part rocky and arid, and cannot have been at any time very thickly... read more
The tribe of Judah (14:6-15:63)By far the largest portions of Canaan went to the chief tribes, those of Judah and Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:8-12,Genesis 49:22-26). Judah received almost the whole of southern Canaan, and Joseph received almost the whole of central Canaan.Caleb received his special inheritance within the area given to his tribe, Judah. Here he proved that his expression of faith made forty-five years earlier was not mere words. At that time he and Joshua alone in Israel believed... read more
Kirjath-arba. Compare Joshua 14:15 with Joshua 15:13 . 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