Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51
CHAPTER XXVI.THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLETED.Joshua Chs. 18, 19.AN event of great importance now occurs; the civil arrangements of the country are in a measure provided for, and it is time to set in order the ecclesiastical establishment. First, a place has to be found as the centre of the religious life; next, the tabernacle has to be erected at that place - and this is to be done in the presence of all the congregation. It is well that a godly man like Joshua is at the head of the nation; a less... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Joshua 19:41-46
(41-46) All the towns mentioned here are identified by Conder.Zorah—Sur’ahEshtaol—Eshû’aIr-shemesh—Ain Sheme Shaalabbin—SelbîtAjalon—YâloJethlah—(Ruin) Beit Tul}Are all in sheet 17Elon—Beit ElloThimnathah—(Ruin) Tibneh}Sheet 14Ekron-(akir, sheet 16){Gibbethon-(Kibbiah, sheet 14)Baalath—(Belaîn, sheet 14)Jehud—El-Yehudîyeh Bene-berak—Ibn Ibrak}Sheet 13For Gath-rimmon, Conder suggests Gath; but this he identifies with Tell-es-Safi, which is well within the territory of Judah (to the south of... read more