Joshua 15:52

52 They were also given these towns in the mountains: Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

Joshua 15:52 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:52

Arab
Arab is the same Jerom ^F9 calls Ereb, and was in his time a village in the south, and was called Heromith;

and Dumah;
Duma, Jerom says ^F11, was a large village in the south, also on the borders of Eleutheropolis, seventeen miles from it;

and Eshean,
of which we have no account.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B.
F11 Ibid. fol. 90. K.

Joshua 15:52 In-Context

50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. There were eleven towns and their villages.

52 They were also given these towns in the mountains: Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior. There were nine towns and their villages.