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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:39

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Lachish, etc.] Lachish and Eglon were royal cities, of which (see <061003> Joshua 10:3); and Bozkath, is called Boscath, of which place was the mother of King Josiah, (<122101>2 Kings 21:1); some take it to be the same with Bascana, as in the Apocrypha: ``And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.” (1 Maccabees 13:23) and Eglon also was a royal city, of which (see <061003>Joshua 10:3).
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