Joshua 15:42

42 Here's another list of towns that were given to Judah in the western hills. Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

Joshua 15:42 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:42

Libnah
Here begins another division or list of the cities of Judah, in the valley or plain. Libnah is the same with Libnah, a royal city; see ( Joshua 10:29 ) ( 12:15 ) ;

and Ether
was given to the tribe of Simeon, ( Joshua 19:7 ) ; and under Ether of the lot of Simeon, Jerom writes ^F25, there is now a very large village called Jethira, in interior Daroma, near Malatha, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis;

and Ashan
also was given to the tribe of Simeon, ( Joshua 19:7 ) ; and the above writer relates ^F26, that there was in his times a village called Bethasan, belonging to Aelia, or Jerusalem, fifteen miles from it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. C. & 92. I.
F26 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. G.

Joshua 15:42 In-Context

40 Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish,

41 Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah. The total number of towns was 16. Some of them had villages near them.

42 Here's another list of towns that were given to Judah in the western hills. Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

44 Keilah, Aczib and Mareshah. The total number of towns was nine. Some of them had villages near them.