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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:57
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Cain, etc.] Cain, or Hakain, “that Cain”, we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain: Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, (<072004>Judges 20:4,10 <091302>1 Samuel 13:2,15,16 14:16), and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, (<091104>1 Samuel 11:4 15:34) (<102106>2 Samuel 21:6 <231029>Isaiah 10:29), to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah. Masius conjectures it is the same with that in (<092319>1 Samuel 23:19) which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom f373 makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to the east of Daroma; and of another Gabatha, near Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah; but whether either of these are meant it is doubtful; Timnah, of this city, (see Gill on “<061510>Joshua 15:10”); ten cities with their villages; the number agrees with the names of them.
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