John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount Seir, etc.] Not that in Idumea, so famous for its being the seat of Esau, which lay remote from hence, but a third of that name near Kirjathjearim; and which Adrichomius f316 places on the borders of Azotus and Ashkelon: this compass is fetched from the north to the west: and passed along unto the side of the mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side; that is, on the north side of the mount, which went by both those names; and which Jerom f317 places on the borders of Aelia or Jerusalem; but it seems to be at a distance from thence, and near to Kirjathjearim, and had its name, as that, from the multitude of trees that grow on it: and went down to Bethshemesh; there were several cities of this name; but this, according to Jerom f318, was a Levite’s city in the tribe of Benjamin, and in his day was shown as you go from Eleutherepolis to Nicopolis or Emmaus, ten miles to the east; according to Burchard f319, it was five miles from Kirjathjearim to the south; and Bunting f320 places it four miles from Jerusalem westward, taking it for a city in the tribe of Judah, (<062116>Joshua 21:16 <090612>1 Samuel 6:12); and passed on to Timnah; which, in Jerom’s time, was a large village on the borders of Lydda, as you go to Jerusalem, in the tribe of Judah, or Dan f321 ; his placed in the tribe of Judah, (<061557>Joshua 15:57); though thought to be afterwards given to Dan; here Judah sheared his sheep, (see Gill on “<013812>Genesis 38:12”).

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