John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 11:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And for the villages, with their fields, etc.] The cities and villages in the country, an account of the inhabitants of them next follows: some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof; the same with Hebron, (<061554>Joshua 15:54) and at Dibon; the same with Dimonah, (<061522>Joshua 15:22) and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof; the same with Kabzeel, one of the uttermost cities of the tribe of Judah southward, (<061521>Joshua 15:21), of which city was Benaiah, one of David’s worthies, (<102320>2 Samuel 23:20), from hence to the end of (<161130>Nehemiah 11:30) mention is made of various cities and towns, in the tribe of Judah, inhabited by the men of it, which are to be met with in (<061501>Joshua 15:1) excepting Jeshua and Mekonah, (<161126>Nehemiah 11:26,28), of which we nowhere else read.

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