Joshua 13:18

18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

Joshua 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:18

And Jahazah
Called Jahaz, ( Numbers 21:23 ) , where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel:

and Kedemoth;
near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, ( Deuteronomy 2:26 ) ;

and Mephaath;
thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy ^F6; here Jerom says {g}, in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near. It was a city, with its suburbs, given to the Levites, as were the two preceding, ( Joshua 21:36 Joshua 21:37 ) ; Adrichomius ^F8 takes it to be the same with Malle, which, Josephus says, ^F9 was called the city of the strangers.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.
F7 De loc Heb. fol. 93. D.
F8 Theatrum Ter. Sanct. p. 179.
F9 Antiqu. l. 12. c. 8. sect. 3.

Joshua 13:18 In-Context

16 Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.

17 It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley,

20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.