John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 21:32
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs ,.... Of which see Joshua 20:7 , to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; this is the fourth city of refuge mentioned: and Hammothdor with her suburbs ; the same with Hammon, 1 Chronicles 6:76 ; and with Hammath, Joshua 19:35 ; and is thought by some to be Tiberias, so called from the hot baths in or near it: and Kartan with her suburbs ; called Kirjathaim, 1 Chronicles 6:76 ; but cannot be the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 21:9-42
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay?no, their interest in them was not dependent and precarious, but to be owned and possessed by them as lords and proprietors, and as having the same title to them that the rest of the tribes had to their cities or lands, as appears by the law which preserved the house in the Levites?... read more