Yehoshua 15:52

52 Arav, and Dumah, and Esh’an,

Yehoshua 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.

Yehoshua 15:52 In-Context

50 And Anav, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

51 And Goshen, and Cholon, and Giloh; 11 cities with their villages;

52 Arav, and Dumah, and Esh’an,

53 And Yanum, and Beit Tappuach, and Aphekah,

54 And Chumtah, and Kiryat Arba, which is Chevron, and Tzior; 9 cities with their villages;