John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 15:61

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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In the wilderness, etc.] The wilderness of Judea, which was not a desert and uninhabited but had many cities and villages in it, those that follow: Betharabah; the first of these seems to be in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and so is ascribed to both; (see <061506>Joshua 15:6 18:22); Middin, and Secacah; of the two last we read nowhere else, only in (<070510>Judges 5:10); what we translate “ye that sit in judgment”, Kimchi interprets, “ye that dwell by Middin”, and says it is the name of a place in Joshua, and mentions this passage.

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