Joshua 15:62

And Nibshan ,.... Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere:

and the city of Salt some take to be Zoar, so called because near the salt sea, or where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, Genesis 19:22 ; but rather this city might be so called, because salt was made here.

and Engedi , or Engaddi, is a well known place, near the salt sea; See Gill on Ezekiel 47:10 . Jerom says F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B. , there was a very large village of Jews in his time called Engaddi, near the dead sea, from whence comes the opobalsam; the same place is called Hazazontamar, from the palm trees which grew there, 2 Chronicles 20:2 . It was famous for vineyards also, Song of Solomon 1:14 ; it lay, according to Josephus F26 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2. , three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem:

six cities with their villages ; the sum total agrees with the particulars.