John Gill's Exposition on Judges 1:34

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain, etc.] Into the mountainous part of the tribe of Dan; the most noted mountains in it were Sear and Baalah, which lay on the border of Judah, (<061510>Joshua 15:10,11); Joppa in this tribe was built on an high rock, and so Gibbethon, as its name seems to import, perhaps was built on a hill or mountain, as were the cities after mentioned: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley; which lay between Joppa and Caesarea, the plain of Sharon, in which were Lydda, Jamnia, etc. which belonged to their tribe, and they afterwards enjoyed; (see Gill on “<061948>Joshua 19:48”).

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