John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:48
And in the mountains ,.... The hill country of Judea, as it is called Luke 1:39 , in which were the following cities: Shamir : the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version reads Sophir as the name, of the first of these cities; and Jerom says F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I. there was a village of this name in the mountainous parts, situated between Eleutheropolis, and Ashkelon in the tribe of Judah; see Micah 1:11 , and Jattir the same writer calls Jether, in the tribe of Judah;... 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