Joshua 15:24

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Joshua 15:21-63

Catalog of the Cities of Judah. v. 21. And the uttermost of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, v. 22. and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, v. 23. and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, v. 24. Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, v. 25. and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, or Kerioth-hezron, which is Hazor, v. 26. Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, v. 27. and Hazargaddah, and Hesh-mon, and Beth-palet, v. 28. and Hazar-shual,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joshua 15:1-63

SECTION SECONDDivision of West Palestine among the Nine and a Half Tribes remaining. Appointment of the Cities of Refuge, and the Cities of the LevitesJoshua 15-211. Territory of the Tribe of JudahJoshua 15:0a. Its BoundariesJoshua 15:1-121This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2And their south border was from the shore [end] of the salt sea, from the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 15:1-63

In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies on three sides; on the east, Moab; on the west, the Philistines; on the south, Edom. Away to the southwest were the Amalekites. The tribe whose standard was that of the kingly line, and from which that line presently was to spring, was to have its fiber toughened by the sternest... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:21-36

The Listing of Cities and Towns, Villages and Encampments of Judah (Joshua 15:21-63 ). | The making of lists of places is well testified to in the ancient world, and the cities and towns and encampments of Judah are now listed. We do not know whether these were as first surveyed, or as compiled at the time of the writer himself. They seem to be split into twelve groups, probably representing a theoretical twelve sub-tribes. Twelve seems to have been seen as the number for a confederacy. Thus... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-63

Joshua 15:1-Deuteronomy : reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel— a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out how the number 9½ was obtained. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAHCRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 15:1. This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Joshua 15:2-4 we have given the particulars of the southern border of the southern lot. Joshua 15:2. Their south border] Compare Numbers 34:3-5. The bay that looketh southward] Marg.=“the tongue.” “This tongue is the southernmost portion of the Dead Sea, reaching from the peninsula, which runs out a great distance... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

Chapter 15So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah, going over at one point, clear to the Mediterranean, the area of Hebron, and the area basically south of Jerusalem. Then it tells of the various villages and the cities, and all that were in the land that was given to Judah.In verse sixty-two one of the interesting cities is Engedi, which is down by the Dead Sea. It is still existing there today. It... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:1-63

Joshua 15:1 . This then was the lot of Judah. After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rather hastily divided into ten lots, keeping in view the covenant made with those who had already received inheritance on the left bank of the Jordan, and reserving the right to vary the proportion of land to the population of the tribe. The elders proceeded to the important duties of the day in the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 15:24

Ziph: Eusebius and Jerome say, that Ziph was a village in their time eight miles east from Hebron. 1 Samuel 23:14, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 23:24, Psalms 54:1, *title Telem: 1 Samuel 15:4 Reciprocal: Joshua 15:55 - Ziph 1 Samuel 26:1 - Ziphites 1 Chronicles 2:42 - Ziph 2 Chronicles 11:8 - Ziph read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:1-63

ORIGINAL LOT OF JUDAH, Joshua 15:1-63. [The tribe of Judah received the first allotment, and a very disproportionate share of the Land of Promise, for its territory embraced nearly the half of western Palestine. This original lot, however, was afterwards diminished by assigning a part of it to Simeon. Joshua 19:1. The original borders, districts, and cities of Judah are detailed with great minuteness in this chapter, and to a much greater extent than those of any other tribe. Grove suggests... read more

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