Verse 40
40. Country of the hills The mountain ridge, which is the backbone of the Holy Land, is cut up into hills by ravines which stretch away to the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. The heads of these valleys often interlap for a considerable distance, forming numerous steep hills.
The south The Negeb. This term designates that territory which was subsequently occupied by Judah and Simeon, and also a portion of Edom. It is a geographical term, used constantly to designate the land lying to the south of Palestine, and should always be translated the south country, as it is in Genesis 20:1. In later Hebrew writers it extended from Southern Canaan to Arabia Petraea and Egypt.
The vale The shephelah. This word, with one exception, (Joshua 11:16,) always designates the maritime plain of Philistia, from Joppa to the borders of Egypt.
The springs אשׁדות , slopes where torrents flow together; ravines.
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