Joshua 15:27

“And Hazargaddah, etc.] The first of these, it is probable, is the same, Jerom f329 calls Gadda, in the tribe of Judah, which was in his day a village in the extreme borders of Daroma to the east, hanging over the dead sea; and Heshmon is met with nowhere else; and Bethpalet is in (<161126>Nehemiah 11:26), where it is called Bethphelet.”

“List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,, those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21-32; of “the valley,” or “the plain” (“Shephelah”, Joshua 15:33-47); of “the mountains” Joshua 15:48-60; and of “the wilderness” Joshua 15:61-62. Many of the identifications are still conjectural only. Joshua 15:21-32. The Negeb was for the most part rocky and arid, and cannot have been at any time very thickly populated. Joshua 15:21 Kabzeel was the native place of Benaiah 2 Samuel 23:20, who was famous as a slayer of lions. The Negeb was a principal haunt of these beasts. Joshua 15:24 Telem may be the…”

“Hazargaddah: This is apparently the city which Eusebius calls Ασερ; which he says, was, in his time, a town situated between Askalon and Ashdod. Bethpalet: Neh 11:26 Joshua 15:28”