Joshua 15:61

61 in deserto Betharaba Meddin et Schacha

Joshua 15:61 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:61

In the wilderness
The wilderness of Judea, which was not a desert and uninhabited but had many cities and villages in it, those that follow:

Betharabah;
the first of these seems to be in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and so is ascribed to both; see ( Joshua 15:6 ) ( 18:22 ) ;

Middin, and Secacah;
of the two last we read nowhere else, only in ( Judges 5:10 ) ; what we translate "ye that sit in judgment", Kimchi interprets, "ye that dwell by Middin", and says it is the name of a place in Joshua, and mentions this passage.

Joshua 15:61 In-Context

59 Mareth et Bethanoth et Elthecen civitates sex et villae earum
60 Cariathbaal haec est Cariathiarim urbs Silvarum et Arebba civitates duae et villae earum
61 in deserto Betharaba Meddin et Schacha
62 Anepsan et civitas Salis et Engaddi civitates sex et villae earum
63 Iebuseum autem habitatorem Hierusalem non potuerunt filii Iuda delere habitavitque Iebuseus cum filiis Iuda in Hierusalem usque in praesentem diem
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