Madmenah is removed
That is, the inhabitants of it, who removed from thence upon
hearing that the Assyrian army had invaded the land, and was
coming up to Jerusalem. There was a place called Madmannah, which
lay in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:31
) which, Jerom F9 says, was then called Memris, and
was near the city of Gaza; but whether the same with this is not
certain.
The inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to
flee;
of this place we have no account any where. Hillerus F11 thinks
the whole name of the city was Joshebehaggebim, which we render
"the inhabitants of Gebim"; and supposes it had its name from the
ditches that were in it, or about it.