Joshua 15:52

52 Arab, Dumah,^[a] Eshan,

Joshua 15:52 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:52

Arab
Arab is the same Jerom ^F9 calls Ereb, and was in his time a village in the south, and was called Heromith;

and Dumah;
Duma, Jerom says ^F11, was a large village in the south, also on the borders of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles from it;

and Eshean,
of which we have no account.

FOOTNOTES:

F9 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B.
F11 Ibid. fol. 90. K.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh-11 cities, with their villages;

52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,

54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior-nine cities, with their villages;