Joshua 10:3

Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron ,.... Which, according to Jerom F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 87. E. was twenty two miles from Jerusalem; it was an ancient city built seven years before Zoan in Egypt; See Gill on Genesis 13:18 and See Gill on Numbers 13:22 ,

and unto Piram king of Jarmuth ; a city which fell to the lot of Judah, as did Hebron, Joshua 15:35 ; according to Jerom F5 lb. fol. 92. H. , it was four miles distant from Eleutheropolis; according to Procopius F6 Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. l. 2. p. 505. fourteen, about the village Eshtaol, near to which Samson was buried, Judges 16:31 ; but Jerom F7 Ut supra, (De loc. Heb. fol. 92.) I. speaks of a city called Jermus, in the tribe of Judah, which seems to be the same with this; and which he says in his day was a village, that went by the name of Jermucha, ten miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Aelia or Jerusalem; and as Eleutheropolis lay twenty miles from Jerusalem, this place must be ten miles from it, lying between them both:

and unto Japhia king of Lachish ; which the above writer says F8 Ib. M. was a city in the tribe of Judah, and in his time a village, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Daroma, or the south; and, according to Bunting F9 Travels, p. 99. , it lay between Eleutheropolis and Hebron, and was twenty miles from Jerusalem towards the southwest:

and unto Debir king of Eglon ; which the Septuagint version calls Odollam or Adullam; and Jerom, following this version, makes Eglon the same with Adullam, when it is certain they were different places, and had distinct kings over them, Joshua 12:12 ; and which he says F11 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. A. in his time was a very large village, twelve miles from Eleutheropolis to the east; and, according to Bunting F12 Travels, p. 92. it was twelve miles from Jerusalem southward. To these four kings the king of Jerusalem sent:

saying ; as follows.