Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox
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<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />
Verse 26-28. Third group of nine towns. - V. 26. Amam is not menti<strong>on</strong>ed again, and<br />
is quite unknown. Shema , which is called Sheba in Josh 19:2, and is menti<strong>on</strong>ed<br />
am<strong>on</strong>g the towns of the Sime<strong>on</strong>ites between Beersheba and Moladah, is supposed by<br />
Knobel to the ruins of Saâwe ( Sâweh ) between Milh and Beersheba (see V. de Velde<br />
,<br />
ii. p. 148). Molada , which was given to the Sime<strong>on</strong>ites (Josh 19:2; 1 Chr<strong>on</strong> 4:28) and<br />
was still inhabited by Jews after the captivity (Neh 11:26), was the later Ea'lada , an<br />
Idumaean fortress ( Josephus , Ant. 18:6, 2), which Eusebius and Jerome describe as<br />
being twenty Roman miles, i.e., eight hours, to the south of Hebr<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the road to<br />
Aila (Elath). It has been identified by Robins<strong>on</strong> (Pal. ii. p. 621) in the ruins of el Milh<br />
, by the Wady Malath or Malahh.<br />
Verse 27. Hazar-gaddah, Heshm<strong>on</strong> , and Beth-palet have not yet been identified.<br />
The last of the three is menti<strong>on</strong>ed again in Neh 11:26, by the side of Molada, as still<br />
inhabited by Judaeans.<br />
Verse 28. Hazor-shual , i.e., fox-court, which was assigned to the Sime<strong>on</strong>ites (Josh<br />
19:3) and still inhabited after the captivity (Neh 11:27), answers, so far as the name if<br />
c<strong>on</strong>cerned, to the ruins of Thâly ( Rob. Pal. iii. App.). Beersheba , which was a wellknown<br />
place in c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with the history of the patriarchs (Gen 21:14ff., Josh<br />
22:19, etc.), and is frequently menti<strong>on</strong>ed afterwards as the southern boundary of the<br />
land of Israel (Judg 20:1; 2 Sam 17:11, etc.), was also given up to the Sime<strong>on</strong>ites<br />
(Josh 19:2), and still inhabited after the captivity (Neh 11:27). It is the present Bir es<br />
Seba <strong>on</strong> the Wady es Seba (see at Gen 21:31). Bizjothjah is unknown.<br />
Verse 29-32. The four groups of thirteen towns in the western porti<strong>on</strong> of the Negeb.<br />
Verse 29. Baalah , which was assigned to the Sime<strong>on</strong>ites, is called Balah in Josh<br />
19:3, and Bilhah in 1 Chr<strong>on</strong><br />
http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos94.html (2 of 3) [13/08/2004 01:18:36 p.m.]
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