Joshua 15:62

62 and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.

Joshua 15:62 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:62

And Nibshan
Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere;

and the city of Salt
some take to be Zoar, so called because near the salt sea, or where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, ( Genesis 19:22 Genesis 19:26 ) ; but rather this city might be so called, because salt was made here.

and Engedi,
or Engaddi, is a well known place, near the salt sea; (See Gill on Ezekiel 47:10). Jerom says ^F25, there was a very large village of Jews in his time called Engaddi, near the dead sea, from whence comes the opobalsam; the same place is called Hazazontamar, from the palm trees which grew there, ( 2 Chronicles 20:2 ) . It was famous for vineyards also, ( Song of Solomon 1:14 ) ; it lay, according to Josephus ^F26, three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem:

six cities with their villages;
the sum total agrees with the particulars.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B.
F26 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2.

Joshua 15:62 In-Context

60 Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.

61 -- In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.

63 But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

Footnotes

• [a] i.e. City of salt.