Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 13:18
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
18. and Jahazah ] Also called Jahaz and Jahaza and Jahzah, in the Hebrew Yahats and Yahtsah. Here the decisive battle was fought between the Israelites and Sihon king of the Amorites (Num 21:23).
and Kedemoth ] Given to the Merarite Levites (Jos 21:37).
Mephaath ] Lying in the district of the Mishor (see Jer 48:21).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 18. Jahaza] A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78.
Kedemoth] Mentioned De 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon.
Mephaath] Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And Jahazah,…. Called Jahaz, Nu 21:23, where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel:
and Kedemoth; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, De 2:26;
and Mephaath; thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy f; here Jerom says g, in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near. It was a city, with its suburbs, given to the Levites, as were the two preceding, Jos 21:36; Adrichomius h takes it to be the same with Malle, which, Josephus says, i was called the city of the strangers.
f Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. g De loc Heb. fol. 93. D. h Theatrum Ter. Sanct. p. 179. i Antiqu. l. 12. c. 8. sect. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
18. Jahaza Written also Jahaz. It was the place of the decisive battle of the Israelites with Sihon, (Num 21:23,) and seems to have been on the confines of the desert, to the southeast of Heshbon, but its site has not been discovered, Kedemoth was also a city of this eastern desert, but as this region has not yet been explored its exact situation is not known. Mephaath is always mentioned in connexion with the two cities previously named, but, like them, is unknown. In the time of Eusebius it was the station of a Roman garrison to cheek the wandering Arabs of the desert.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jos 13:18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Ver. 18. The cities and coasts of each tribe are thus particularly set down, to prevent discord and division, that mother of dissolution.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Coast = border.
by. A special various reading called Sevir. (App-34) reads “as far as”, with some codices, and three early printed editions Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jahaza: A city near Medeba and Dibon, afterwards given to the Levites. Jos 21:36, Jos 21:37, Num 21:23, Jahaz, 1Ch 6:78, 1Ch 6:79, Jahzah
Kedemoth: Supposed to have been situated east of the Arnon.
Mephaath: Situated near the desert, east of Moab. In the time of Eusebius, he says the Romans kept a garrison there.
Reciprocal: Deu 2:26 – Kedemoth Isa 15:4 – Jahaz Jer 48:21 – Jahazah