Yehoshua 15:61

61 In the midbar, Beit Aravah, Middin, and Sechachah,

Yehoshua 15:61 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:61

In the wilderness
The wilderness of Judea, which was not a desert and uninhabited but had many cities and villages in it, those that follow:

Betharabah;
the first of these seems to be in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and so is ascribed to both; see ( Joshua 15:6 ) ( 18:22 ) ;

Middin, and Secacah;
of the two last we read nowhere else, only in ( Judges 5:10 ) ; what we translate "ye that sit in judgment", Kimchi interprets, "ye that dwell by Middin", and says it is the name of a place in Joshua, and mentions this passage.

Yehoshua 15:61 In-Context

59 And Maarat, and Beit-Anot, and Eltekon; 6 cities with their villages;

60 Kiryat Baal, which is Kiryat-Ye’arim, and Rabbah; 2 cities with their villages;

61 In the midbar, Beit Aravah, Middin, and Sechachah,

62 And Nivshan, and the Ir HaMelach, and Engedi; 6 cities with their villages.

63 As for the Yevusi, the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the Bnei Yehudah could not drive them out; but the Yevusi dwell with the Bnei Yehudah at Yerushalayim unto HaYom Hazeh.