Joshua 15:61

61 in the desert, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

Joshua 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.

Joshua 15:61 In-Context

59 Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities, and the towns of those;

60 Kiriathbaal, this is Kiriathjearim, the city of (the) woods, and Rabbah; two cities, and the towns of those;

61 in the desert, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities, and the towns of those; the cities were (all) together an hundred and fifteen.

63 Soothly the sons of Judah might not do away Jebusites, the dweller(s) of Jerusalem; and Jebusites dwelled with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this present day. (But the sons of Judah could not do away the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this present day.)