Joshua 15:33

33 In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa,

Joshua 15:33 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:33

[And] in the valley
In ( Joshua 15:33-47 ) are enumerated the several cities belonging to the tribe of Judah which lay in the valley. Jerom ^F6 says, that now all the plain and champaign country near Eleutheropolis, which verges to the north and west, is called "Sephela", or the valley:

Eshtaol;
the two first of these seem to be given afterwards to the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 19:41 ) ; between these two places Samson was born and buried, ( Judges 13:2 Judges 13:25 ) ( 16:31 ) ; they were both at the same distance from Eleutheropolis, according to Jerom; of Eshtaol he says ^F7, it is showed to this day ten miles from Eleutheropolis, to the north, as you go to Nicopolis or Emmaus;

and Zoreah,
of which he calls Saara, he says ^F8 it is a village on the borders of Eleutheropolis, as you go to Nicopolis, about ten miles of it in the tribe of Dan or Judah;

and Ashnah,
of which no mention is made elsewhere; there was another place of the same name, but different from this, ( Joshua 15:43 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 De. loc. Heb. fol. 94. M.
F7 Ibid. fol. 91. C.
F8 lbid. fol. 94. I.

Joshua 15:33 In-Context

31 and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac,

32 and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.

33 In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa,

34 and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani,

35 and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca.