Deuteronomy 34:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The south quarter of thee land of Judah, which is towards the Salt Sea, which is described Numbers 34:3-5 Joshua 15:1-4, as the western quarter of Judah was described in the words next foregoing. The plain of the valley of Jericho; or, in which lies Jericho; which was in the tribe of Benjamin. The city of palm trees, i.e. Jericho, so called both here and Judges 1:16, Judges 3:13 2 Chronicles 28:15, from the multitude of palm trees which were in those parts, as Josephus and Strabo write; from whence and the balm there growing it was called Jericho, which signifies odoriferous, or sweet-smelling.