Joshua 19:44

And Eltekeh ,.... Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites, Joshua 21:23 ; and supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the Danites, Joshua 15:59 ,

and Gibbethon was in the hands of the Philistines in the reign of Asa, 1 Kings 15:21 ; and in the same place Jerom F20 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C. calls Gabatha a city of the strangers, or Philistines; and which lie places near Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah:

and Baalath is not the same with Baalah, Joshua 15:29 ; but the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, 1 Kings 9:18 ; called by Josephus F21 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 1. Baleth, and spoken of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines; of these two last cities, the Talmudists F23 T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3. say that their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.