Jos 15:43-63 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 15:43-63 (NET)

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15:43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 15:44 Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah– a total of nine cities and their towns. 15:45 Ekron and its surrounding towns and settlements; 15:46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. 15:48 These cities were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 15:49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), 15:50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 15:51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh– a total of eleven cities and their towns. 15:52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 15:53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, 15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior– a total of nine cities and their towns. 15:55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 15:56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 15:57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah– a total of ten cities and their towns. 15:58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, 15:59 Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon– a total of six cities and their towns. 15:60 Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah– a total of two cities and their towns. 15:61 These cities were in the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, 15:62 Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi– a total of six cities and their towns. 15:63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.

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Names, People and Places:

· Achzib a town in the western foothills of Judah,a town of Asher on the coast 14 km north of Acco

· Anab a town in the hill country of Judah, located at modern Khirbet Anab about fifteen miles southwest of Hebron.

· Anim a town in the hill country of Judah, located at modern Khirbet Ghuwien at Tahta, eleven miles south of Hebron.

· Aphekah a town in the hill country of Judah

· Arab the entire region of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, the land of Edom, and all the land between the Jordan Valley and the Euphrates River (ZD).,a region of desert plains

· Ashdod a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah

· Ashnah a town in the western foothills of Judah

· Beth-anoth a town in the hill country of Judah

· Beth-Anoth a town in the hill country of Judah

· Beth-arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin

· Beth-Arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin

· Beth-Tappuah a town in the hill country of Judah

· Beth-tappuah a town in the hill country of Judah

· Beth-Zur a town & district in the hill country of Judah,son of Maon of Judah

· Beth-zur a town & district in the hill country of Judah,son of Maon of Judah

· Carmel a woman resident of the town of Carmel

· city of Salt a town in the desert of Judah

· City of Salt a town in the desert of Judah

· Dannah a town in the hill country of Judah

· Debir the Amorite king of Eglon,a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron,a border town of Judah, about 16 km east of Jerusalem,a northern border town of Gad, about 80 km NE of Jerusalem

· Dumah son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,a town in the hill country of Judah,the country of Edom SW of the Dead Sea

· Egypt descendants of Mizraim

· Ekron a town in the western foothills of Judah,residents of the town of Ekron

· Eltekon a town in the hill country of Judah

· En-Gedi an oasis town in the desert of Judah by the Dead Sea

· En-gedi an oasis town in the desert of Judah by the Dead Sea

· Eshan a town in the hill country of Judah

· Eshtemoh a town in the hill country of Judah

· Gaza a city A Philistine town 5 km east of the Mediterranean and 60 west of Hebron,a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah,a town and the region it controled

· Gedor a town in Judah 11 km north of Hebron and 7 km east of Keilah (SMM),a town in Benjamin,son of Jeiel of Benjamin,son of Penuel, a descendant of Hur of Judah,son of Jered son of Mered of Judah,a town taken over by the Simeonites in Hezekiah's time

· Gibeah a town of Judah 8 km north of Jerusalem, 5 km east of Gibeon (SMM)

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 15:45 Heb “daughters.”

NET Notes: Jos 15:47 Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

NET Notes: Jos 15:48 The words “These cities were” have been supplied in the translation for English stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Jos 15:52 Some Hebrew mss and some mss of the LXX read “Rumah” in place of “Dumah.”

NET Notes: Jos 15:61 The words “These cities were” have been supplied for English stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Jos 15:63 The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 S...

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