And Gederoth,.... Gederoth is reckoned among the cities of the low country, and south of Judah, 2Ch 28:18;and Bethdagon; in it very probably was a temple of Dagon, which was a principal deity of the Philistines, 1Sa 5:2; Jerom says in his time was shown a large village called Capherdagon, between Diospolis and Jamnia; of Naamah, the same writer says nothing, only that it was a city of the tribe of Judah;and Makkedah; see Jos 10:10; it was a royal city, Jos 12:16;sixteen cities with their villages; and is the exact number of them, as before enumerated.
De loc. Heb. fol. 89.