Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:59
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
59. Ashan ] Jos 21:16, Ain.
with her suburbs ] Jos 21:16 adds, And Juttah with her suburbs. Cp. the Critical Note at the head of this section.
Beth-shemesh ] Jos 15:10; 1Sa 6:9 ; 2Ki 14:11; 2Ki 14:13 (= 2Ch 25:21; 2Ch 25:23). A town in the S.W. of Judah, now ‘ Ain Shems, situated at the point at which the hill-country of Judah begins, as one goes by the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem ( Bdeker, p. 13).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 1Ch 6:54].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(59) Ashan (smoke); in Joshua, Ain (fountain). The place may have had both names, from a fountain rising like a column of smoke. Juttah and her pastures has fallen out here (Jos. 21:16). At the end of the verse Joshua adds, Nine cities out of these two tribes, viz., Judah and Simeon.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ashan: It is probable that either Ain, in Joshua, is a mistake for Ashan, or that it was called by both names. 1Ch 4:32, Jos 15:42, Jos 21:16, Ain
Bethshemesh: Jos 15:10, Jos 21:16, 1Sa 6:12-19, Jer 43:13