Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:41
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Verse 41. Beth-dagon] The house or temple of Dagon. This is a well known idol of the Philistines, and probably the place mentioned here was in some part of their territories; but the situation at present is unknown.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And Gederoth,…. Gederoth is reckoned among the cities of the low country, and south of Judah, 2Ch 28:18;
and Bethdagon; in it very probably was a temple of Dagon, which was a principal deity of the Philistines, 1Sa 5:2; Jerom says x in his time was shown a large village called Capherdagon, between Diospolis and Jamnia; of Naamah, the same writer says nothing, only that it was a city of the tribe of Judah;
and Makkedah; see Jos 10:10; it was a royal city, Jos 12:16;
sixteen cities with their villages; and is the exact number of them, as before enumerated.
x De loc. Heb. fol. 89. F.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(41) Of the sixteen towns in Jos. 15:37-41, Conder identifies seven.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Makkedah: Jos 10:21, Jos 10:28, Jos 12:16
Reciprocal: Jos 10:10 – Makkedah 2Ch 28:18 – Gederoth