Joshua 15
1 The borders of the lot Judah.
13 Caleb's portion and conquest.
16 Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife.
18 She obtains a blessing of her father.
21 The cities of Judah.
63 The Jebusites unconquered.
allotted <01486> [A.M. 2561. B.C. 1443. An. Ex. Is. 48. This then was the lot.]
The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative.
border <01366> [even to the.]
Salt Sea <03220 04417> [the salt sea.]
<03956> [bay. Heb. tongue.]
Scorpion Ascent <04610> [Maaleh-acrabbim. or, the going up to Acrabbim.]
Zin <06790> [Zin.]
Addar <0146> [Adar.]
Probably the same as Hazar-addar, Nu 34:4.
Karka <07173> [Karkaa.]
Supposed to be the Coracea of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petr‘a Eusebius places a castle called Carcaria at the distance of a day's journey from Petra.
Azmon <06111> [Azmon.]
The last city they possessed towards Egypt; east of the River of Egypt or Rhinocorura.
Stream <05158> [river.]
Beth Hoglah <01031> [Beth-hogla.]
Probably the Bethagla mentioned by Jerome is the same as the "threshing-floor of Atad," (Ge 50:10,) situated three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan; and belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, though serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah.
Stone <068> [the stone.]
Debir <01688> [Debir.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Gilgal <01537> [Gilgal.]
Adummim <0131> [Adummim.]
A town and mountain of Benjamin (Jos 18:17,) near Jericho, towards Jerusalem.
En Shemesh <05885> [En-shemesh.]
Situated east of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and Benjamin.
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel.]
Supposed to be the same as the fountain of Siloam, east of Jerusalem, at the foot of mount Zion.
Valley ... Ben ......................... Valley <01121 01516> [valley of the son.]
A valley near to Jerusalem.
Jebusites <02983> [the Jebusite.]
Valley .... Rephaites <07497 06010> [valley of the giants.]
Situated apparently west of Jerusalem and mount Moriah.
Valley ........................... Valley ............... Valley <01516 06010> [the valley of Rephaim.]
Nephtoah <05318> [Nephtoah.]
Baalah <01173> [Baalah.]
A city near Bethshemesh, and, according to Eusebius, nine miles from Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis.
Kiriath Jearim <07157> [Kirjath-jearim.]
Beth Shemesh <01053> [Beth-shemesh.]
Placed by Eusebius ten miles east from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis.
Timnah <08553> [Timnah.]
Ekron <06138> [Ekron.]
Mount Baalah <01173 02022> [mount Baalah.]
western ..... Mediterranean Sea <03220 01419> [the great sea.]
Caleb <03612> [Caleb.]
<0704 07151> [the city of Arba. or, Kirjath-arba.]
Othniel <06274> [Othniel.]
Kenaz <07073> [Kenaz.]
Acsah <05915> [Achsah.]
got down <06795> [she lighted.]
give .... special present ..... given ........ give ... springs ...... gave ....... springs <05414 01293 01543> [Give me.]
special present <01293> [a blessing.]
Kabzeel <06909> [Kabzeel.]
Eder <05740> [Eder.]
Kedesh <06943> [Kedesh.]
Hazor <02674> [Hazor.]
The LXX. read [Hasori¢nain,] for Hazar-Ithnan, regarding these two as one city.
Ziph <02128> [Ziph.]
Eusebius and Jerome say, that Ziph was a village in their time eight miles east from Hebron.
Telem <02928> [Telem.]
Hazor <02674> [Hazor.]
Or, rather, Hazar-hadattah, or, as the LXX., Alexandrian, and Vulgate render [Has¢r L‚ kain‚,] {Asor nova,} "New Hazor," to distinguish it from the preceding (ver. 28,) and following Hazor. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a village in their time, on the eastern confines of Askelon.
Kerioth <07152> [Kerioth.]
Or, rather, Kerioth-Hezron: LXX. [hai poleis] (Alex. [polis]) [Haser¢n,] "the cities (city) of Hezron."
Moladah <04137> [Moladah.]
Probably the same as Malatha, a city frequently mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears to have been situated in the southern border of Judah, about twenty miles from Hebron.
Hazar Gaddah <02693> [Hazar-gaddah.]
This is apparently the city which Eusebius calls [Aser;] which he says, was, in his time, a town situated between Askalon and Ashdod.
Beth Pelet <01046> [Beth-palet.]
Hazar Shual <02705> [Hazar-shual.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [Beer-sheba.]
Biziothiah <0964> [Bizjoth-jah.]
Instead of Bizjothjah, the LXX. read, "and their towns and villages."
Baalah <01173> [Baalah.]
Ezem <06107> [Azem.]
Hormah <02767> [Hormah.]
Ziklag <06860> [Ziklag.]
Ain <05871> [Ain.]
Probably the [bethanin] of Eusebius, four miles from Hebron.
Rimmon <07417> [Rimmon.]
Eshtaol <0847> [Eshtaol.]
This town is placed by Eusebius ten mile from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis: and it is supposed to be a wretched village, called Esdad, about 15 miles south of Yebna.
Zorah <06881> [Zoreah.]
A town near to Eshtaol, placed at ten miles' distance N. of Eleutheropolis by Eusebius.
Tappuah <08599> [Tappuah.]
Jarmuth <03412> [Jarmuth.]
Adullam <05725> [Adullam.]
Socoh <07755> [Socoh.]
Eusebius says, there were two cities of Socoh, an upper and lower, nine miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem.
Azekah <05825> [Azekah.]
Eusebius and Jerome say there was a town of this name in their time, between Jerusalem and Eleutheropolis.
Shaaraim <08189> [Sharaim.]
Adithaim <05723> [Adithaim.]
Eusebius mentions two cities, called Adatha, one towards Gaza, and the other east of Lydda.
Gederothaim <01453> [and Gede-rothaim. or, or. fourteen cities.]
There are fifteen in all; but the two last seem to be only two names of the same city.
Mizpah <04708> [Mizpeh.]
Joktheel <03371> [Joktheel.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
Bozkath <01218> [Bozkath.]
Eglon <05700> [Eglon.]
Makkedah <04719> [Makkedah.]
Libnah <03841> [Libnah.]
Ether <06281> [Ether.]
Keilah <07084> [Keilah.]
Aczib <0392> [Achzib.]
Mareshah <04762> [Mareshah.]
Ekron <06138> [Ekron.]
vicinity <03027> [near. Heb. by the place of.]
Gaza <05804> [Gaza.]
Stream <05158> [the river.]
Jattir <03492> [Jattir.]
Kiriath Sannah <07158> [Kirjath-sannah.]
Goshen <01657> [Goshen.]
Giloh <01542> [Giloh.]
Dumah <01746> [Dumah.]
Janim <03241> [Janum. or, Janus.]
Kiriath Arba <07153> [Kirjath-arba.]
Maon <04584> [Maon.]
Carmel <03760> [Carmel.]
Ziph <02128> [Ziph.]
Timnah <08553> [Timnah.]
Gedor <01446> [Gedor.]
Kiriath Baal <07154> [Kirjath-baal.]
Beth Arabah <01026> [Beth-arabah.]
city of Salt <05898> [the city of.]
This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the lake Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar.
En Gedi <05872> [En-gedi.]
En-gedi, or Hazazon-Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius, in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300 stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites; and consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the mouth of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its palm-trees.
