Joshua 15:57

“Cain, etc.] Cain, or Hakain, “that Cain”, we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain: Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, (<072004>Judges 20:4,10 <091302>1 Samuel 13:2,15,16 14:16), and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, (<091104>1 Samuel 11:4 15:34) (<102106>2 Samuel 21:6 <231029>Isaiah 10:29), to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah. Masius conjectures it is the same with that in (<092319>1 Samuel 23:19) which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom f373 makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to…”

“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…”

“Timnah: Jos 15:10; Gen 38:12; Jer 14:1 Joshua 15:58”