Joshua 15:10

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir ,.... Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjearim; and which Adrichomius F20 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 24. places on the borders of Azotus and Ashkelon: this compass is fetched from the north to the west:

and passed along unto the side of the mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side ; that is, on the north side of the mount, which went by both those names; and which Jerom F21 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. F. places on the borders of Aelia or Jerusalem; but it seems to be at a distance from thence, and near to Kirjathjearim, and had its name, as that, from the multitude of trees that grow on it:

and went down to Bethshemesh ; there were several cities of this name; but this, according to Jerom F23 Ib. fol. 89. H. , was a Levite's city in the tribe of Benjamin, and in his day was shown as you go from Eleutherepolis to Nicopolis or Emmaus, ten miles to the east; according to Burchard F24 Apud Masium in loc. , it was five miles from Kirjathjearim to the south; and Bunting F25 Travels, p. 124. places it four miles from Jerusalem westward, taking it for a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 21:16 ,

and passed on to Timnah ; which, in Jerom's time, was a large village on the borders of Lydda, as you go to Jerusalem, in the tribe of Judah, or Dan F26 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C. ; his placed in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57 ; though thought to be afterwards given to Dan; here Judah sheared his sheep; see Gill on Genesis 38:12 .