Joshua 15:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

Cain, х ha-Qayin (H7014), the lance; Septuagint, Zaka naim; Alexandrian, Zanookeim] - unknown.

Gibeah, [Septuagint, Gabaa] - now Jeb'a, a village southwest of Jerusalem, on its conical hill in Wady Musurr (Robinson's 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 327, and 3:, 'Appendix,' 'Arabic Lists,' 8:; Porter's 'Handbook,' p. 248).

Timnah, [Septuagint, Thamnatha] - a place associated with Maon, Carmel, etc., in the mountain region of Judah, and therefore different from that mentioned. Joshua 15:10. This group of 10 cities doubtless had a center; but it does not appear which of them served as the nexus. [The Septuagint enumerates only ennea, 7 cities, in this group.]

Joshua 15:57

57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: