Joshua 19:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bible Comments

And Ziklag,.... Another of the cities of Judah,

Joshua 15:31;

and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah; or Hazarsusim, as in 1 Chronicles 4:31; the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses, which made Bochart conjecture a, that they were places where Solomon kept his chariots and horses; but it should be observed that these were the names by which these places went in the times of the old Canaanites; and seem to me rather where some of their kings had their horses and chariots; or rather where there were temples dedicated to the horses and chariots of the sun; see 2 Kings 23:11.

a Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158.

Joshua 19:5

5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,