Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:57
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Verse 57. Timnah] A frontier town of the Philistines; it was in this place that Samson got his wife, see Jdg 14:1-15:20.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Cain,…. Cain, or Hakain, “that Cain”, we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain:
Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, Jud 20:4, and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, 1Sa 11:4, to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah. Masius conjectures it is the same with that in
1Sa 23:19 which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom u makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to the east of Daroma; and of another Gabatha, near Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah; but whether either of these are meant it is doubtful;
Timnah, of this city, [See comments on Jos 15:10];
ten cities with their villages; the number agrees with the names of them.
u Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 92. C.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(57) The four first and the four last of these are all found. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph became famous in Davids wanderings (see the story of Nabal, 1 Samuel 25); and the Ziphites have covered themselves with infamy by their repeated efforts to betray him to Saul, who sought his life (1Sa. 23:19; 1Sa. 26:1).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Timnah: Jos 15:10, Gen 38:12, Jer 14:1
Reciprocal: 1Ch 2:49 – Gibea