Joshua 15:48

48 And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha,

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).

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 15:48 In-Context

46 from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.

47 Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.

48 And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha,

49 and Renna and the city of Letters, this Dabir;

50 and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Aesam,