Joshua 19:41-46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

(41-46) All the towns mentioned here are identified by Conder.

Zorah — Sur’ah

Eshtaol — Eshû’a

Ir-shemesh — Ain Sheme Shaalabbin — Selbît

Ajalon — Yâlo

Jethlah — (Ruin) Beit Tul

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Are all in sheet 17

Elon — Beit Ello

Thimnathah — (Ruin) Tibneh

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Sheet 14

Ekron-(akir, sheet 16)

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Gibbethon-(Kibbiah, sheet 14)

Baalath — (Belaîn, sheet 14)

Jehud — El-Yehudîyeh

Bene-berak — Ibn Ibrak

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Sheet 13

For Gath-rimmon, Conder suggests Gath; but this he identifies with Tell-es-Safi, which is well within the territory of Judah (to the south of sheet 16).

Me-jarkon, “the yellow water,” is thought to be the river ’Aujeh (sheet 13), and Rakkon, Tell-er-Rakkeit, to the north of the mouth of it. Japho is Jaffa, on the same sheet.

Joshua 19:41-46

41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,

46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border beforeb Japho.