Joshua 15:57

57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah. The total number of towns was ten. Some of them had villages near them.

Joshua 15:57 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:57

Cain
Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain:

Gibeah;
there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, ( Judges 20:4 Judges 20:10 ) ( 1 Samuel 13:2 1 Samuel 13:15 1 Samuel 13:16 ) ( 14:16 ) , and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, ( 1 Samuel 11:4 ) ( 15:34 ) ( 2 Samuel 21:6 ) ( Isaiah 10:29 ) , to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah. Masius conjectures it is the same with that in ( 1 Samuel 23:19 ) which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom ^F21 makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to the east of Daroma; and of another Gabatha, near Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah; but whether either of these are meant it is doubtful;

Timnah, of this city, (See Gill on Joshua 15:10);

ten cities with their villages;
the number agrees with the names of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 92. C.

Joshua 15:57 In-Context

55 Here's another list of towns that were given to Judah in the central hill country. Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah. The total number of towns was ten. Some of them had villages near them.

58 Here's another list of towns that were given to Judah in the central hill country. Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

59 Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon. The total number of towns was six. Some of them had villages near them.