Joshua 19:2

2 And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Mola'dah,

Joshua 19:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:2

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba
Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used {z}, and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, ( Joshua 19:6 ) ; so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, ( 1 Chronicles 4:28 ) ; Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest, ( Genesis 21:31 ) ; (See Gill on Joshua 15:28);

and Moladah;
another of the cities of Judah, ( Joshua 15:26 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Vid. Noldium, p. 280. No. 1200.

Joshua 19:2 In-Context

1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; and its inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

2 And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Mola'dah,

3 Hazar-shu'al, Balah, Ezem,

4 Elto'lad, Bethul, Hormah,

5 Ziklag, Beth-mar'caboth, Ha'zar-su'sah,