Joshua 15:48

48 The tribe of Judah was also given these towns in the mountains: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

Joshua 15:48 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:48

And in the mountains
The hill country of Judea, as it is called ( Luke 1:39 Luke 1:65 ) , in which were the following cities:

Shamir:
the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version reads Sophir as the name, of the first of these cities; and Jerom says ^F4 there was a village of this name in the mountainous parts, situated between Eleutheropolis, and Ashkelon in the tribe of Judah; see ( Micah 1:11 ) ;

and Jattir
the same writer calls Jether, in the tribe of Judah; and says ^F5 there was in his time a very large village called Jethira, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis, the inhabitants of which were then all Christians: it was situated in interior Daroma, near Malatha;

and Socoh
is different from Socoh in ( Joshua 15:35 ) ; that was in the plain, this in the mountain; (See Gill on Joshua 15:35).

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I.
F5 Ibid. fol. 92. l.

Joshua 15:48 In-Context

46 the area west of Ekron and all the villages and small towns near Ashdod;

47 Ashdod and the small towns and villages around it; the villages and small towns around Gaza as far as the brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

48 The tribe of Judah was also given these towns in the mountains: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (also called Debir),

50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,