John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:2

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba, etc.] Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle “vau” is sometimes used f425, and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, (<061906>Joshua 19:6); so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, (<130428>1 Chronicles 4:28); Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest, (<012131>Genesis 21:31); (see Gill on “<061528>Joshua 15:28”); and Moladah; another of the cities of Judah, (<061526>Joshua 15:26).

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