John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:24
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
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