Joshua 15:33

33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;

Joshua 15:33 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:33

[And] in the valley
In ( Joshua 15:33-47 ) are enumerated the several cities belonging to the tribe of Judah which lay in the valley. Jerom ^F6 says, that now all the plain and champaign country near Eleutheropolis, which verges to the north and west, is called "Sephela", or the valley:

Eshtaol;
the two first of these seem to be given afterwards to the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 19:41 ) ; between these two places Samson was born and buried, ( Judges 13:2 Judges 13:25 ) ( 16:31 ) ; they were both at the same distance from Eleutheropolis, according to Jerom; of Eshtaol he says ^F7, it is showed to this day ten miles from Eleutheropolis, to the north, as you go to Nicopolis or Emmaus;

and Zoreah,
of which he calls Saara, he says ^F8 it is a village on the borders of Eleutheropolis, as you go to Nicopolis, about ten miles of it in the tribe of Dan or Judah;

and Ashnah,
of which no mention is made elsewhere; there was another place of the same name, but different from this, ( Joshua 15:43 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 De. loc. Heb. fol. 94. M.
F7 Ibid. fol. 91. C.
F8 lbid. fol. 94. I.

Joshua 15:33 In-Context

31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.

33 In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;

34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;