John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:44
And Keilah ,.... The first of these is a well known city, which David saved from the hands of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:1 , &c.; In Jerom's time it was a little village to the east of Eleutheropolis, about eight miles from it, as you go to Hebron; in which was shown the sepulchre of the Prophet Habakkuk F2 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. A. . And Achzib is said to be on the borders of Asher, Joshua 19:29 , and is supposed the same with Chezib, Genesis 38:5 ; and the Ecdippa of... 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