John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 4:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The son of Hesed in Aruboth, etc.] Which seems to have been in the tribe of Judah by the places that follow: to him [pertained] Sochoh; there were two places of this name in that tribe, (<061535>Joshua 15:35,48); and all the land of Hepher: there was an Hepher in the land of Canaan, which was a royal city in the times of the Canaanites, (<061217>Joshua 12:17); and there was an Hepher, the name of a man, a descendant of Judah, to whom, very probably, this land belonged, (<130406>1 Chronicles 4:6); unless it can be thought to be the portion of land given to the daughters of Hepher, (<061703>Joshua 17:3).

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