John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:29
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
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