John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:44

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Eltekeh, etc.] Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites, (<062123>Joshua 21:23); and supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the Danites, (<061559>Joshua 15:59); and Gibbethon was in the hands of the Philistines in the reign of Asa, (<111521>1 Kings 15:21 16:15); and in the same place Jerom f491 calls Gabatha a city of the strangers, or Philistines; and which lie places near Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah; and Baalath is not the same with Baalah, (<061529>Joshua 15:29); but the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, (<110918>1 Kings 9:18); called by Josephus f492 Baleth, and spoken of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines; of these two last cities, the Talmudists f493 say that their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.

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