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; and says F5 Ibid. fol. 92. l. there was in his time a very large village called Jethira, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis, the inhabitants of which were then all Christians: it was situated in interior Daroma, near Malatha:

and Socoh is different from Socoh in Joshua 15:35 ; that was in the plain, this in the mountain; See Gill on Joshua 15:35 .