Joshua 15:54

54 and Humtah, and Kiryat-Arba (the same is Hevron), and Tzi`or; nine cities 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, and Dumah, and Esh`an,
53 and Yanus, and Beit-Tappuach, and Afekah,
54 and Humtah, and Kiryat-Arba (the same is Hevron), and Tzi`or; nine cities with their villages.
55 Ma`on, Karmel, and Zif, and Yutah,
56 and Yizre`el, and Yokde`am, and Zanoach,
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