Bible Commentary

And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: Verse 44. Keilah] This town was near Hebron, and is said to have been the burying-place of the prophet Habakkuk. David obliged the Philistines to raise the siege of it; (see 1Sa 23:1-13😉 but finding that its inhabitants had purposed to deliver him into … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:44”

And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, And Jiphtah,…. Jiphtah is nowhere else mentioned; and Ashnah; there was another Ashnah of this tribe, and which was in the vale also, met with already in Jos 15:33; and Nezib was in Jerom’s a times called Nasib, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Hebron. a De … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:43”

Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 42. Libnah ] Group III. consists of the places in the southern part of the hill region, and includes nine cities: Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 42. Libnah] See Clarke on Jos 10:29. Ether] From Jos 19:7 we learn that this city was afterwards given to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:42”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:41”

And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish. Cities of which we can give no account, not being mentioned elsewhere. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, Verse 39. Lachish – and Eglon] See Clarke on Jos 10:3. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Lachish,…. Lachish and Eglon were royal cities, of which see Jos 10:3; and Bozkath, is called Boscath, of which place was the mother of King Josiah, 2Ki 21:1; some … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:39”

And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, And Dilean,…. Of the first of these nothing is to be said; and Mizpeh, of which name there were cities in other tribes; this in the tribe of Judah was in the times of Jerom w called Mapha, on the borders of Eleutheropolis to the south, as you go … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:38”

Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 37. Zenan ] Group II. comprises the cities of the actual plain in its whole extent from north to south, between the hilly region on the west and the Philistine coast on the east. It includes sixteen cities: Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Zenan,…. Here begins another … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:37”

And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 36. fourteen cities ] The LXX. omits Gederothaim, which makes fourteen instead of fifteen cities. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 36. Gederah] See Clarke on Jos 12:13. Fourteen cities] Well reckoned, we shall find fifteen cities here; but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:36”

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, Verse 35. Jarmuth] See Clarke on Jos 10:3. Adullam] See Clarke on Jos 12:15. Socoh] It was near this place that David fought with and slew Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, 1Sa 17:1. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible Jarmuth, and Adullam,…. The two … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:35”