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Joshua 15:57

Joshua 15:57

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Cain,.... Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son of Adam, is not certain:Gibeah; there were other places that went by the name of Gibeah; there was a Gibeah in Benjamin, , and another in the same tribe called Gibeah of Saul, 1Sa 11:4, to distinguish it from that; but this was in the tribe of Judah.

Masius conjectures it is the same with that in 1Sa 23:19 which was near Ziph; and not amiss. Jerom makes mention of Gabaha and Gabatha, little villages to the east of Daroma; and of another Gabatha, near Bethlehem, in the tribe of Judah; but whether either of these are meant it is doubtful;Timnah, of this city, See Gill on "Jos 15:10";ten cities with their villages; the number agrees with the names of them.

Ut supra, (De loc. Heb.) fol. 92.

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