Joshua 12:15

“The king of Libnah, one, etc.] Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, (<061029>Joshua 10:29,30); the king of Adullam, one; a city in the tribe of Judah, (<061535>Joshua 15:35); Jerom says f257 there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the east of Eleutheropolis: near to this place was a cave where David hid himself when he fled from Saul, (<092201>1 Samuel 22:1); (see Gill on “<330101>Micah 1:15”).”

“The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom. Joshua 12:13-20 The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a…”

“Libnah: Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that Libnah was a town or village in their time, lying in the district of Eleutheropolis. Jos 10:29, Jos 10:30 Adullam: Sa1 22:1 Joshua 12:16”