Joshua 15:36

“And Sharaim, etc.] Sharaim seems to be the Saara of Jerom, which he describes as a village on the borders of Eleutheropolis, to the north as you go to Nicopolis (or Emmaus), about ten miles from it in the tribe of Dan or Judah f343; there was a place called Bethshaaraim, where the sanhedrim sometimes sat f344, and where R. Judah was buried f345. This seems to be the same with Shaaraim in (<091752>1 Samuel 17:52); and Adithaim; Jerom observes f346, under the word “Adithaim”, that there is a village called Adia, near Gaza, and another Aditha, near Diospolis (or Lydda), to the east; and Gederah, which seems to be the same Jerom calls Gaddera, in the tribe of Judah f347, now, he says, called a…”

“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…”

“Sharaim: Sa1 17:52 Adithaim: Eusebius mentions two cities, called Adatha, one towards Gaza, and the other east of Lydda. and Gederothaim: or, or, fourteen cities, There are fifteen in all; but the two last seem to be only two names of the same city. Joshua 15:38”