Joshua 15:54 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Joshua 15:54 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely,, those of the Negeb or south country Joshua 15:21-32 ; of...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Joshua 15:1-5 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to poin...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Kirjath-arba. Compare Joshua 14:15 with Joshua 15:13 .

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• Joshua 15:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: Kirjath-arba - See the note on Joshua 14:15 .

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• Joshua 15:54 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: Humtah, х ChumTaah ( H2547 ), place of lizards; Septuagint, Euma; Alexandrian, Chammata] - not kn...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Assignment of the Territory It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descri...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Of this total of nine, six have been found.

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• Joshua 15:54 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1-63 . JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been...

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• Joshua 15:54 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The recital of the names of the cities of Judah ' s lot take up all these verses. I think it unnecessary to make any observation upon them, excepting in this general way. The Reader of discernment wi...

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• Joshua 15:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Humtah ,.... Of Humtah we nowhere else read; and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron ; of Kirjatharba we read frequently; Joshua 14:15 ; and Zior ; Jerom says o, that in his time there was a vi...

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• Joshua 15:54 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Lot of Judah. B. C. 1444.       20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the childre...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Joshua 15:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘ Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, the same is Hebron, and Zior. Nine cities with their villages.' For Arab compare 2 Samuel 23...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 15:1 . This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Josh...

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• Joshua 15:54 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Joshua 15:1 . This then was the lot of Judah. After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rat...

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• Joshua 15:54 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH . Joshua 15:1 The lot of the tribe of the children of Judah. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare N...

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• Joshua 15:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Catalog of the Cities of Judah.

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• Joshua 15:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 23:2 ; Joshua 14:15 ; Joshua 15:13

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