Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:52
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
52. Arab. Group II. includes nine cities to the north of those just enumerated in the country round Hebron:
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Arab,…. Arab is the same Jerom i calls Ereb, and was in his time a village in the south, and was called Heromith;
and Dumah; Duma, Jerom says k, was a large village in the south, also on the borders of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles from it;
and Eshean, of which we have no account.
i De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B. k Ibid. fol. 90. K.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
52. This next group of cities was north of the last named, in the vicinity of Hebron.
Dumah Robinson passed the ruins of Ed-Daumeh six miles southwest of Hebron, which are probably the remains of this place.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, the same is Hebron, and Zior. Nine cities with their villages.’
For Arab compare 2Sa 23:35. Perhaps er-Rabiyeh, eleven kilometres (seven miles) south west of Hebron. Dumah is probably ed-Domeh, five kilometres (three miles) west of Arab, a site of considerable ruins. Eshan and Janim are unknown. Beth-tappuah (‘house of apples’) is probably Teffuh, five kilometres (three and a half miles) north west of Hebron in a district which abounds in fruit trees. Apheka is south west of Hebron and possibly Khirbet ed-darrame or Khirbet Kana‘an. Humtah is unknown. For Kiriath-arba/Hebron see Jos 14:15. Zior is perhaps Sa‘ir, seven kilometres (four and a half miles) north of Hebron. ‘Nine cities with their villages’. This was the second group of towns in the hill country, possibly looking to Hebron as their centre.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
NASB (UPDATED TEXT): Jos 15:52-54
52Arab and Dumah and Eshan,
53and Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,
54and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
NASB (UPDATED TEXT): Jos 15:55-57
55Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah,
56and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah,
57Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
Jos 15:56 Jezreel This place name means God sows (BDB 283). It is used of two villages.
1. tribal allocation of Judah, Jos 15:56
2. tribal allocation of Issachar, Jos 19:18
Jos 15:57 Gibeah There seem to be several cities by this name (hill, BDB 149 II).
1. in the tribal allocation of Judah in the hill country, Jos 15:57
2. in the tribal allocation of Benjamin, Jos 18:28
3. in the tribal allocation of Ephraim, where Eleazar (Aaron’s son) was buried on a hill, Jos 24:33
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Dumah: Isa 21:11