John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Ziklag, etc.] Another of the cities of Judah, (see Gill on “<061531>Joshua 15:31”); and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah; or Hazarsusim, as in (<130431>1 Chronicles 4:31); the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses, which made Bochart conjecture f426, that they were places where Solomon kept his chariots and horses; but it should be observed that these were the names by which these places went in the times of the old Canaanites; and seem to me rather where some of their kings had their horses and chariots; or rather where there were temples dedicated to the horses and chariots of the sun; (see <122311>2 Kings 23:11).

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