Joshua 15:42

“Libnah, etc.] Here begins another division or list of the cities of Judah, in the valley or plain. Libnah is the same with Libnah, a royal city; (see <061029>Joshua 10:29 12:15); and Ether was given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061907>Joshua 19:7); and under Ether of the lot of Simeon, Jerom writes f352, there is now a very large village called Jethira, in interior Daroma, near Malatha, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis; and Ashan also was given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061907>Joshua 19:7); and the above writer relates f353, that there was in his times a village called Bethasan, belonging to Aelia, or Jerusalem, fifteen miles from it.”

“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…”

“Libnah: Jos 10:29, Jos 12:15; Kg2 8:22 Ether: Jos 19:7 Joshua 15:44”