Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,.... Which, according to Jerom d was twenty two miles from Jerusalem; it was an ancient city built seven years before Zoan in Egypt; Genesis 13:18 and
and unto Piram king of Jarmuth; a city which fell to the lot of Judah, as did Hebron, Joshua 15:35; according to Jerom e, it was four miles distant from Eleutheropolis; according to Procopius f fourteen, about the village Eshtaol, near to which Samson was buried, Judges 16:31; but Jerom g speaks of a city called Jermus, in the tribe of Judah, which seems to be the same with this; and which he says in his day was a village, that went by the name of Jermucha, ten miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Aelia or Jerusalem; and as Eleutheropolis lay twenty miles from Jerusalem, this place must be ten miles from it, lying between them both:
and unto Japhia king of Lachish; which the above writer says h was a city in the tribe of Judah, and in his time a village, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Daroma, or the south; and, according to Bunting i, it lay between Eleutheropolis and Hebron, and was twenty miles from Jerusalem towards the southwest:
and unto Debir king of Eglon; which the Septuagint version calls Odollam or Adullam; and Jerom, following this version, makes Eglon the same with Adullam, when it is certain they were different places, and had distinct kings over them, Joshua 12:12; and which he says k in his time was a very large village, twelve miles from Eleutheropolis to the east; and, according to Bunting l it was twelve miles from Jerusalem southward. To these four kings the king of Jerusalem sent:
saying; as follows.
d De loc. Heb. fol. 87. E. e lb. fol. 92. H. f Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. l. 2. p. 505. g Ut supra, (De loc. Heb. fol. 92.) I. h Ib. M. i Travels, p. 99. k De loc. Heb. fol. 91. A. l Travels, p. 92.