YuēShūyàjì 19:44

44 Yī lì tí jī , jī bǐ dùn , Bālā ,

YuēShūyàjì 19:44 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:44

And Eltekeh
Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites, ( Joshua 21:23 ) ; and supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the Danites, ( Joshua 15:59 ) ;

and Gibbethon
was in the hands of the Philistines in the reign of Asa, ( 1 Kings 15:21 ) ( 16:15 ) ; and in the same place Jerom F20 calls Gabatha a city of the strangers, or Philistines; and which lie places near Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah;

and Baalath
is not the same with Baalah, ( Joshua 15:29 ) ; but the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, ( 1 Kings 9:18 ) ; called by Josephus F21 Baleth, and spoken of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines; of these two last cities, the Talmudists F23 say that their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C.
F21 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 1.
F23 T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3.

YuēShūyàjì 19:44 In-Context

42 Shālā bīn , Yàyǎlún , yī Tílā ,
43 Yǐlún , Tíngná tā , Yǐgélún ,
44 Yī lì tí jī , jī bǐ dùn , Bālā ,
45 Yī hú dé , bǐ ní Bǐlā , Jiātè lín mén ,
46 Mĕi yé kūn , là kūn , bìng Yuēpà duìmiàn de dì jiè .
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