Joshua 15:52

52 Arab and Ruma and Esaan,

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 15:52 In-Context

50 Anab and Istemo and Anim,

51 Gosen and Olon and Gilo: eleven cities and their villages.

52 Arab and Ruma and Esaan,

53 And Janum and Beththaphua and Apheca,

54 Athmatha and Cariath-Arbe, this is Hebron and Sior: nine cities and their villages.