1 Chronicles 4:32

“And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities.] There are but four mentioned in (<061907>Joshua 19:7) one might be added since, or new built, namely, Tochen; these, according to Kimchi, were all that remained for them to dwell in, in the times of David; and therefore they were obliged to seek out for new settlements for themselves and flocks, as in (<130439>1 Chronicles 4:39), etc.”

“Etam: Ether, or Etham, was situated near Malatha, according to Eusebius. Jos 19:7, Ether, Remmon Ashan: Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles 4:33”

“Instead of the five cities, Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, only four are mentioned in Jos 19:7, viz., Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; עתר is written instead of תּוכן, and עיטם is wanting. According to Movers, p. 73, and Berth. in his commentary on the passage, the list of these cities must have been at first as follows: רמּון עין (one city), עתר, תּוכן, and עשׁן; in Joshua תּוכן must have fallen out by mistake, in our text עתר has been erroneously exchanged for the better known city עיטם in the tribe of Judah, while by reckoning both עין and רמּון the number four has become five. These conjectures are shown to be groundless by the order of the names in our text. For had עתר been…”