Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
16. Ain, see Jos 15:32, Jos 19:7; Juttah, Jos 15:55; Beth-shemesh, Jos 15:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ain here, and Gibeon Jos 21:17, and some others here named, are not named 1Ch 6, either because they were destroyed in some of those hostile invasions and wars wherewith their land was grievously harassed and wasted before that time; or they appear there under other names, as was said.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Ain with her suburbs,…. [See comments on Jos 15:32];
and Juttah with her suburbs; [See comments on Jos 15:55];
[and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; which is not mentioned among the cities of Judah, Jos 15:21; only as in the borders of it,
Jos 21:10; and perhaps is the same Bethshemesh to which the ark was directed by the Philistines from Ashdod, 1Sa 6:9; in it formerly was a temple dedicated to the sun, from whence it had its name:
nine cities out of those two tribes; and they seem all but one, which is Ain, to be of the tribe of Judah, and that originally belonged to it; and as that tribe had the largest number of cities in its lot, the more were given out of it to the Levites, according to a rule prescribed, Nu 35:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Beth-shemesh. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and Beth-shemesh”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Ain: Jos 15:42, 1Ch 6:59, Ashan
Juttah: Eusebius says Juttah was a great town 18 miles south from Eleutheropolis. Jos 15:55
Bethshemesh: Jos 15:10, 1Sa 6:9, 1Sa 6:12, 1Ch 6:59
Reciprocal: Jos 19:22 – Bethshemesh Jos 19:41 – Irshemesh 2Ki 14:11 – Bethshemesh 1Ch 6:60 – thirteen cities 2Ch 25:21 – Bethshemesh
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 21:16. And Ain Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named, are not named 1Ch 6:59. Either they were destroyed in some of those invasions wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time, or they appear there under other names.