John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 7:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And their possessions and habitations, etc.] That is, of the sons of Ephraim, when come into the land of Canaan: were Bethel, and the towns thereof; the villages belonging to it, which was formerly called Luz, and was the border of Ephraim, (<061607>Joshua 16:7) and eastward Naaran: the same with Naarath, (<061607>Joshua 16:7) and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; of which see (<061603>Joshua 16:3,10), and Shechem also, and the towns thereof; which was a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim, (<062007>Joshua 20:7) unto Gaza, and the towns thereof; not Gaza, a city of the Philistines, for the tribe of Ephraim did not reach so far; the Targum calls it Aiah; it may be read Adaza, as in the margin of our Bibles.

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