John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 18:25
Gibeon ,.... Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived Joshua, Joshua 9:3 . Jerom says F16 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A. , in his time there was a village shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near Ramah, next mentioned: and Ramah , which Jerom relates F17 Ibid. fol. 94. B. was six miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel. Rauwolff, a traveller in those parts, says F18 Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 215. Ed. Ray. ,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 18:11-28
We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Ps. 68:27), that needed the protection of great Joseph, and yet had a better protector, for the Lord shall cover him all the day long, Deut. 33:12. And it was next to Judah on the other hand, that this tribe might hereafter unite with Judah in an adherence to the throne of David and the temple at Jerusalem. Here we... read more