Alemeth: i.e. covering a hiding place, [Strong's H5954]. Jos 21:18, Almon
Anathoth: 1Ch 7:8; 1Ki 2:26; Isa 10:30; Jer 1:1, Jer 11:23, Jer 37:12
thirteen cities: Here there are only eleven enumerated; but two more are added in the book of Joshua, Juttah and Gibeon, which make thirteen. Jos 10:2, Jos 15:55, Jos 21:16-17; 1Ch 14:16; None of the versions give the full number of names, though they all give the whole sum of thirteen; and it is probable that these two cities had been destroyed and lay in ruins when this book was written, and hence were not enumerated.