Joshua 15:57

57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah—ten towns and their villages.

Joshua 15:57 in Other Translations

KJV
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
ESV
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.
NLT
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.
MSG
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah - ten towns and their villages.
CSB
57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah-10 cities, with their villages;

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 15:57 In-Context

55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibeah and Timnah—ten towns and their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
59 Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon—six towns and their villages.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Joshua 18:28; Joshua 24:33; Judges 19:12; Judges 20:4; 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31
  • 2. S Genesis 38:12
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