Joshua 15:48

48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh,

Joshua 15:48 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
English Standard Version (ESV)
48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
New Living Translation (NLT)
48 Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
The Message Bible (MSG)
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
American Standard Version (ASV)
48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
48 In the mountains they gave Judah 11 cities with their villages: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
48 Towns were also given to Judah in the central hill country. Here is a list of those towns. Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

Joshua 15:48 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:48

And in the mountains
The hill country of Judea, as it is called ( Luke 1:39 Luke 1:65 ) , in which were the following cities:

Shamir:
the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version reads Sophir as the name, of the first of these cities; and Jerom says F4 there was a village of this name in the mountainous parts, situated between Eleutheropolis, and Ashkelon in the tribe of Judah; see ( Micah 1:11 ) ;

and Jattir
the same writer calls Jether, in the tribe of Judah; and says F5 there was in his time a very large village called Jethira, twenty miles from Eleutheropolis, the inhabitants of which were then all Christians: it was situated in interior Daroma, near Malatha;

and Socoh
is different from Socoh in ( Joshua 15:35 ) ; that was in the plain, this in the mountain; (See Gill on Joshua 15:35).


FOOTNOTES:

F4 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. I.
F5 Ibid. fol. 92. l.

Joshua 15:48 In-Context

46 west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages;
47 Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh,
49 Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir),
50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

Cross References 3

  • 1. Judges 10:1
  • 2. Joshua 21:14; 1 Samuel 30:27; 1 Chronicles 6:57
  • 3. S ver 35
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