Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:43
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
43. Elon ] The site of this place is still undiscovered. For Thimnathah see above, ch. Jos 15:1; for Ekron, Jos 13:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 43. Thimnathah] Probably the same as Timnah. See Clarke on Jos 15:57.
Ekron] A well-known city of the Philistines and the metropolis of one of their five dynasties,
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And Elon,…. Of Elon no mention is made elsewhere;
and Thimnathah is a different place from Timnah in the tribe of Judah,
Jos 15:10. Jerom s speaks of the Thamnitic country, so called from the village Thamna, which seems to be this;
and Ekron was one of the five principalities of the Philistines, and never possessed by the Israelites; it first fell by lot to the tribe of Judah, and afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, Jos 15:45.
s De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ver. 43. Elon,Thimnathah,Ekron Elon is thought to be the same with Holon, mentioned ch. Jos 15:51. Thimnathah, seems to be a different place from Timnath, spoken of in the same chap. ver. 10 and 57. For, as we read in Jdg 14:5 that Samson went down to this city, which shews it to have been in a valley; so in Gen 11:13 we read that Judah went up to Timnath to shear his sheep, which shews that city to have been upon a hill. Ekron, the capital of the Philistines, was at first given to the tribe of Judah. See ch. Jos 15:45.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Thimnathah: Gen 38:12, Jdg 14:1, Jdg 14:2, Timnath
Ekron: Ekron is placed by Eusebius between Ashdod and Jamnia, eastward; and probably the ruined village of Tookrair, mentioned by Dr. Richarson, situated on the top of a hill, and which he says seems to have been a place of considerable consequence, occupies its site. Jos 15:45, 1Sa 5:10, Amo 1:8
Reciprocal: Jos 15:11 – Ekron