Joshua 19:5

5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah

Joshua 19:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:5

And Ziklag
Another of the cities of Judah, (See Gill on Joshua 15:31);

and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah;
or Hazarsusim, as in ( 1 Chronicles 4:31 ) ; the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses, which made Bochart conjecture F1, that they were places where Solomon kept his chariots and horses; but it should be observed that these were the names by which these places went in the times of the old Canaanites; and seem to me rather where some of their kings had their horses and chariots; or rather where there were temples dedicated to the horses and chariots of the sun; see ( 2 Kings 23:11 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158.

Joshua 19:5 In-Context

3 And Hazar-shual and Balah and Ezem
4 And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah
5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah
6 And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen towns with their unwalled places;
7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan; four towns with their unwalled places;
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