Joshua 15:53

“And Janum, etc.] Under the word “Janum”, Jerom writes f364, there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to be what is written; and Bethtappuah is by Jerom called Bethaphu f365, and said to be a village in the tribe of Judah, fourteen miles beyond Raphia, as you go to Egypt, which is the border of Palestine; and Aphekah; Jerom speaks f366 of a large castle in his time called Apheca, near the town of Palestine; there were several places of the name of Aphek; (see Gill on “<061218>Joshua 12:18”). As for Bethtappuah, it seems to be a place which was dedicated to a deity to which apples were sacred, in memory of the apple by which mankind was seduced;…”

“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…”

“Janum: or, Janus, Jos 15:53 Joshua 15:54”