Joshua 19:42

42 Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Joshua 19:42 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:42

And Shaalabbin
The first of these is the same with Shaalbim, ( Judges 1:35 ) ; and which Jerom ^F18 calls Selab, in the tribe of Dan; and which he says was in his day shown a large village on the borders of Sebaste, by the name of Selaba.

and Ajalon
is famous for the standing still of the moon in its valley while Joshua pursued his enemies, (See Gill on Joshua 10:12);

and Jethlah,
of which we read nowhere else.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. K.

Joshua 19:42 In-Context

40 The seventh lot went out to the lineage of the sons of Dan, by their families;

41 and the term of the possession thereof was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, that is, the city of the sun, (and the border of its possession was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, that is, the City of the Sun,)

42 Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

43 Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, and Baalath,