Joshua 19:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

Beer-sheba, and Sheba, [Septuagint, Samaa]. Keil, in reference to these towns, espouses the traditional view Beer-sheba, and Sheba, [Septuagint, Samaa]. Keil, in reference to these towns, espouses the traditional view of the Jews, that there were two places bearing the name of Beer-sheba; Reland, on the other hand, is of opinion that the Sheba of this passage is the Shema of Joshua 15:26, and supports it by an appeal to the Septuagint, who give however, a different name to Shema in the last-cited passage.

Joshua 19:2

2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,