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And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, And Zanoah,…. The first of these, Jerom says i, is in the borders of Eleutheropolis, as you go to Aelia (or Jerusalem); there is at this day a village called Zanua; and Engannim, which signifies a fountain of gardens, is now (according to the same writer k) a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:34”

[And] in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 33 47. Cities in the Lowland 33. in the valley ] i.e. the Lowland. See above, Jos 15:20, and also Jos 10:40; Jos 11:16. The places mentioned are arranged in four groups. The first of these lies in the north-eastern portion of the Shephlah: Group I. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:33”

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities [are] twenty and nine, with their villages: 32. all the cities are twenty and nine ] Thirty-six, however, are actually given, viz., (1) the first group = 9; (2) the second group = 5; (3) the third group = 9; (4) the fourth group … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:32”

And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, Verse 31. Ziklag] The Philistines seem to have kept possession of this city till the time of David, who received it from Achish, king of Gath, 1Sa 27:6; after which time it remained in the possession of the kings of Judah. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:31”

And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, Verse 30. Hormah] A place rendered famous by the defeat of the Hebrews by the Canaanites. See Nu 14:45, De 1:44. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible And Eltolad,…. The first of these cities is called Tolad, 1Ch 4:29; and Chesil seems to be the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:30”

Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 29. Baalah ] A fourth group is added of thirteen places which lay to the west and south-west: (1) Baalah, called Balah (ch. Jos 19:3) and Bilhah (1Ch 4:29); (2) Iim, unknown; (3) Azem = “firmness” or “strength” (ch. Jos 19:3); (4) Eltolad = Tolad (1Ch 4:29), unknown; (5) Chesil … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:29”

And Hazarshual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, Verse 28. Beer-sheba] A city, famous in the book of Genesis as the residence of the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, Ge 22:19; Ge 28:10; Ge 46:1. See Clarke on Ge 21:31. It lay on the way between Canaan and Egypt, about forty miles from Jerusalem. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:28”

And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, And Hazargaddah,…. The first of these, it is probable, is the same, Jerom g calls Gadda, in the tribe of Judah, which was in his day a village in the extreme borders of Daroma to the east, hanging over the dead sea; and Heshmon is met with nowhere else; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:27”

Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 26. Amam ( c) Third group of nine cities: (1) Amam, unknown; (2) Shema, a place of the Simeonites (ch. Jos 19:2); (3) Moladah, called Malatua by the Greeks and Romans = the modern El-Milh, four English miles from Tell Arad and nine or ten due east of Beersheba; (4) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:26”

And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, [and] Hezron, which [is] Hazor, Hazor, Hadattah possibly it should be read as one word, Hazor-hadattah, as there is Hazar-gaddah, Jos 15:27, and Hazar-shual, Jos 15:28, such compounded proper names being usual; and this may seem the more probable, because if Hazor and Hadattah were two different cities, the conjunction … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:25”