Joshua 15:32

“And Lebaoth, etc.] Whether Lebaoth is the same with Bethlebaoth, given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061906>Joshua 19:6); is not certain; and Shilhim is nowhere else spoken of; and Ain seems to be the same with that in (<043411>Numbers 34:11); also (see Gill on “<043411>Numbers 34:11”) and Rimmon, the place Jerom f334 calls Eremmon, which he says was a large village of the Jews, sixteen miles from Eleutheropolis to the south, in Daroma; this and the preceding are joined together as one, and called Enrimmon, (<161129>Nehemiah 11:29). It is probable they were near to each other, and in process of time the buildings of each might increase, so as to meet and join each other: all the cities [are]…”

“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…”

“Twenty nine - Here are thirty seven or thirty eight cities named before; how then are they only reckoned twenty nine? There were only twenty nine of them, which either, properly belonged to Judah; the rest fell to Simeon's lot; or Were cities properly so called, that is, walled cities, or such as had villages under them, as it here follows; the rest being great, but unwalled towns, or such as had no villages under them. Joshua 15:48”

“Ain: Probably the βηθανιν of Eusebius, four miles from Hebron. Num 34:11 Rimmon: Neh 11:29 Joshua 15:33”