Joshua 15:48

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

Joshua 15:48 in Other Translations

48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

48 Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

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

48 In the hill country: 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).

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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

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