1:39 In those days 4 Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah, 5
1 tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”
2 tn Or “will dispossess.”
3 tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”
4 sn The expression In those days is another general time reference, though the sense of the context is that the visit came shortly after Mary miraculously conceived and shortly after the announcement about Jesus.
5 sn The author does not say exactly where Elizabeth stayed. The location is given generally as a town of Judah. Judah is about a three day trip south of Nazareth.