Bible Commentary

And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, 5. 9. Ziklag ] See ch. Jos 15:31, identified by Rowlands and Wilton ( Negeb, p. 209) with Asloodg or Kasloodg; ( a) Achish bestowed the town upon David; ( b) here David resided upwards of one year and four months ( 1Sa 27:7 ; 1Sa 30:14; 1Sa 30:26); … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:5”

And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 4. 6. Eltolad ] See ch. Jos 15:30 and 1Ch 4:29; 1 Chronicles 7. Bethul, which in the parallel lists, ch. Jos 15:30 and 1Ch 4:30, appears under the forms of Chesil or Bethuel; 8. Hormah, or Zephath (Jdg 1:17), reduced by Joshua, was originally included in the territory … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:4”

And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 3. 3. Hazar-shual ] Between Beer-sheba and Hazar-gaddah; see 1Ch 4:28; 4. Balah, see ch. Jos 15:29; in 1Ch 4:29 it is called Bilhah; 5. Azem, elsewhere called Ezem, 1Ch 4:29; Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 3. Hazar-shual] For this and several of the following … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:3”

And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 2. And they had in their inheritance ] First Group. 1. Beersheba, see note ch. Jos 15:28; or Shema, so ch. Jos 15:26: comp. 1Ch 4:28 with Gen 26:33; Genesis 2. Moladah = el-Milh, see ch. Jos 15:26, about four English miles from Tel … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:2”

And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even] for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. Ch. Jos 19:1-9. The Territory of the Tribe of Simeon 1. And the second lot ] drawn at Shiloh, fell to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 19:1”

And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. 28. 10. Zelah ] = Beit Jala, S. of the plain of Rephaim, is afterwards mentioned as the burial-place of Saul and Jonathan (2Sa 21:14). 11. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:28”

And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 27. 7. Rekem unknown. 8. Irpeel, Lieut. Conder thinks that this may be recognised in the modern Rft, N. of El Jib, being the same from which the name Rephaim is derived. 9. Taralah is unrecognised. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Mizpeh, near Ramah, in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:27”

And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 26. 4. Mizpeh ] Not the same as the Mizpeh of ch. Jos 15:38, but either ( a) the modern Neby Samwl, or ( b) the tower of Scopus. Here ( a) the war against Benjamin was resolved on (Judges 20.); here ( b) Samuel judged the people (1Sa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:26”

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 25. Gibeon ] We have now enumerated the second group of fourteen cities lying on the west of Benjamin. 1. Gibeon, see note above, ch. Jos 9:3; Joshua 2. Ramah, not the Ramah of Samuel or Ramathaim. In Isa 10:28-32, the king of Assyria is described as crossing the ravine … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:25”

And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 24. 10. Chephar-haammonai ] is quite unknown, so also is ii. Ophni; 12. Gaba, or Geba = “height,” “hill,” not the Geba or Gibeah of Saul, is mentioned in 2Ki 23:8; Zec 14:10. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 24. And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 18:24”