Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:44
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
44. Eltekeh, and Gibbethon ] occur as Levitical cities in ch. Jos 21:23. The sites are not identified; Baalath may be Deir Balt. It was fortified by Solomon (1Ki 9:18), and is placed by Josephus near Gezer. See Jos. Ant. viii. 6. 1.
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And Eltekeh,…. Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites,
Jos 21:23; and supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the Danites, Jos 15:59;
and Gibbethon was in the hands of the Philistines in the reign of Asa,
1Ki 15:21; and in the same place Jerom t calls Gabatha a city of the strangers, or Philistines; and which lie places near Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah;
and Baalath is not the same with Baalah, Jos 15:29; but the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, 1Ki 9:18; called by Josephus u Baleth, and spoken of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines; of these two last cities, the Talmudists w say that their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.
t De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C. u Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 1. w T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3.
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Gibbethon: Jos 21:23, 1Ki 15:27, 1Ki 16:15
Baalath: 1Ki 9:18
Reciprocal: Jos 15:11 – mount Baalah 1Ki 9:17 – Bethhoron 2Ch 8:6 – Baalath