Joshua 15:29

“Baalah, etc.] Baalah was given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061903>Joshua 19:3); for Baalah is the same with Balah there, as it is with Bilba, (<130429>1 Chronicles 4:29); though according to the Jerusalem Talmud f331 it is the same with Baalah, given to the tribe of Dan, (<061944>Joshua 19:44); and was one of those places whose houses were in Judah and their fields in Dan; and Azem was also given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061903>Joshua 19:3); it is the same with Ezem, (<130429>1 Chronicles 4:29); and Iim, of which we read nowhere else.”

“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…”

“Baalah: Jos 15:9-11, Jos 19:3 Azem: Ch1 4:29 Joshua 15:30”