John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Hazarshual, etc.] The first of these seems to have its name from an haunt of foxes here, and was given to the tribe of Simeon, (<061903>Joshua 19:3); and is mentioned as here with Beersheba, (<130428>1 Chronicles 4:28) (<161127>Nehemiah 11:27); and Beersheba was a city well known in the extreme border of the land of Canaan southward; hence the phrase “from Dan to Beersheba”, (<072001>Judges 20:1 <090320>1 Samuel 3:20 <100310>2 Samuel 3:10 17:11 24:2,15 <110425>1 Kings 4:25), of which Jerom says f330, Bersabee, in the tribe of Judah or Simeon, is at this day a large village, twenty miles from Hebron to the south, in which there is a Roman garrison; and from hence the borders of the land of Judea begin, and go on to Dan, which is by Paneas; and Bizjothjah, of which mention is made elsewhere.

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