Joshua 15:32 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:32

And Lebaoth ,.... Whether Lebaoth is the same with Bethlebaoth, given to the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 19:6 ; is not certain: and Shilhim is nowhere else spoken of: and Ain seems to be the same with that in Numbers 34:11 ; also See Gill on Numbers 34:11 . and Rimmon , the place Jerom F5 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. calls Eremmon, which he says was a large village of the Jews, sixteen miles from Eleutheropolis to the south, in Daroma; this and the preceding are joined... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:32

All the cities are twenty and nine , with their villages - But on a careful examination we shall find thirty-eight; but it is supposed that nine of these are excepted; viz., Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, Baalah, Azem, Hormah, Ziklag, Ain, and Rimmon, which were afterwards given to the tribe of Simeon. This may appear satisfactory, but perhaps the truth will be found to be this: Several cities in the promised land are expressed by compound terms; not knowing the places,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

The inheritance of Judah. This chapter does not suggest much matter for homiletic treatment. The chief points to be noticed are HOMILIES BY J. WAITE read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:32

Ain, Rimmon (see Joshua 19:7 ; 1 Chronicles 4:1-43 :82; Nehemiah 11:29 ). More likely the name of one place Ain-Rimmon, the fountain of the god Rimmon. For Rimmon see 2 Kings 5:18 . The word signifying eye, or fountain, is written indifferently Ain or En in our version (see En-shemesh and En-rogel in this chapter). Bitumen is mentioned in Zechariah 14:10 as "south of Jerusalem." Now Umm er-Rumamin (Conder). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:32

Twenty-nine. There is another of the very common errors of numbers here. The actual number is thirty-six. The error is as old as the LXX . version. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 15:21-63

List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,, those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21-32; of “the valley,” or “the plain” (“Shephelah”, Joshua 15:33-47); of “the mountains” Joshua 15:48-60; and of “the wilderness” Joshua 15:61-62. Many of the identifications are still conjectural only.Joshua 15:21-32. The Negeb was for the most part rocky and arid, and cannot have been at any time very thickly... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:32

Joshua 15:32. Twenty-nine Here are thirty-seven or thirty-eight cities named before; how then are they only reckoned twenty-nine? There were only twenty-nine of them which either, 1st, Properly belonged to Judah; the rest falling to Simeon’s lot. Or, 2d, Were cities properly so called; that is, walled cities, or such as had villages under them, as it here follows; the rest being great, but unwalled towns, or such as had no villages under them. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

The tribe of Judah (14:6-15:63)By far the largest portions of Canaan went to the chief tribes, those of Judah and Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:8-12,Genesis 49:22-26). Judah received almost the whole of southern Canaan, and Joseph received almost the whole of central Canaan.Caleb received his special inheritance within the area given to his tribe, Judah. Here he proved that his expression of faith made forty-five years earlier was not mere words. At that time he and Joshua alone in Israel believed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 15:32

and Ain, and Rimmon : should be "and En-Rimmon". read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 15:20-63

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 15:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 15:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 15:21-63

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 15:32

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:1-63

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 15:32

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