Concerning the villages belonging to these cities, cf. on Jos 19:8, where for בַּעַל we have the more accurate בְּאֵר בַּעֲלַת, and Ramah of the south. The position of these places has not yet been certainly ascertained. “These are their dwelling-places, and their family register was to them;” i.e., although they were only a small tribe and dwelt in the midst of Judah, they yet had their own family register (Berth.). הִתְיַחֵשׂ infin. is used substantively, “the entering in the family register.”