Joshua 15:54

54 Humtah, Kiryat-Arba (that is, Hevron) and Tzi'or - nine cities, together with their villages.

Joshua 15:54 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:54

And Humtah
Of Humtah we nowhere else read;

and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron;
of Kirjatharba we read frequently; (See Gill on Joshua 14:15);

and Zior;
Jerom says F15, that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah:

nine cities with their villages;
which is exactly their number, as expressed; here ends the second division, or of the cities in the hill country of Judea; a third follows.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. H.

Joshua 15:54 In-Context

52 Arav, Dumah, Esh'an,
53 Yanum, Beit-Tapuach, Afekah,
54 Humtah, Kiryat-Arba (that is, Hevron) and Tzi'or - nine cities, together with their villages.
55 Ma'on, Karmel, Zif, Yutah,
56 Yizre'el, Yokde'am, Zanoach,
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