John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:54
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
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