Joshua 15:54

54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior—nine towns and their villages.

Joshua 15:54 in Other Translations

54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine towns with their surrounding villages.

54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior - nine towns and their villages.

54 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (now called Hebron), and Zior.

54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior-nine cities, with their villages;

54 Humtah, Hebron and Zior. The total number of towns was nine. Some of them had villages near them.

Joshua 15:54 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:54

And Humtah
Of Humtah we nowhere else read;

and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron;
of Kirjatharba we read frequently; (See Gill on Joshua 14:15);

and Zior;
Jerom says ^F15, that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah:

nine cities with their villages;
which is exactly their number, as expressed; here ends the second division, or of the cities in the hill country of Judea; a third follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. H.

Joshua 15:54 In-Context

52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

53 Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior—nine towns and their villages.

55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 35:27