Olive trees. — The same word (zéthîm) is rendered “olive yards” in Joshua 24:13; 1 Samuel 8:14, and elsewhere in the Authorised version.
The sycamore trees that were in the low plains. — The sycomores that were in the Shephelah or lowland of Judah, between the hills and the sea (Joshua 15:33). The Ficus sycomorus, or fig-mulberry, a beautiful evergreen tree, indigenous to Egypt, was once abundant in Palestine, as appears from 1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 1:15. Its small sweet figs were much eaten by the poor. (Comp. Amos 7:14.)
Baal-hanan (“The Lord bestowed”). — An older form of Jehohanan. (Comp. the Phœnician Hannibal.)
The Gederite. — Of Geder, or Gedor, a town in the hill-country of Judah (Joshua 12:13; Joshua 15:58).
Over the cellars of oil. — Heb., treasures, or stores of oil. The oil was that of the olives. (Comp. Judges 9:9.)