Joshua 15:35

“Jarmuth, and Adullam, etc.] The two first of these were royal cities, of which (see <061003>Joshua 10:3 12:15); Socoh; Jerom says f341 there were two little villages in his day of the name of Socho, as you go to Aelia (or Jerusalem), from Eleutheropolis, in the ninth mile on the public way, one in the mountain, and the other in the plain, (the same with this,) both of which were called Socoth: of this place was Antigonus, president of the sanhedrim, and successor of Simeon the just, called in the Misnah f342 a man of Socho; and Azekah; (see Gill on “<061010>Joshua 10:10”); it appears to be near to Socoh from (<091701>1 Samuel 17:1), where the Philistines are said to pitch their camp between…”

“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…”

“Jarmuth: Jos 10:3, Jos 10:23, Jos 12:11; Neh 11:29 Adullam: Jos 12:15; Sa1 22:1; Mic 1:15 Socoh: Eusebius says, there were two cities of Socoh, an upper and lower, nine miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem. Jos 15:48; Sa1 17:1; Ch1 4:18 Azekah: Eusebius and Jerome say there was a town of this name in their time, between Jerusalem and Eleutheropolis. Jos 10:10; Sa1 17:1 Joshua 15:36”