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Catalog of the Cities of Judah.
v. 21. And the uttermost of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
v. 22. and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
v. 23. and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
v. 24. Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
v. 25. and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, or Kerioth-hezron, which is Hazor,
v. 26. Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
v. 27. and Hazargaddah, and Hesh-mon, and Beth-palet,
v. 28. and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
v. 29. Baalah, and lina, and Azem,
v. 30. and Eitolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
v. 31. and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
v. 32. and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Bimmon. All the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages, in addition to which seven cities are named which were afterwards occupied by the tribe of Simeon, Jos_19:1. These were cities of the south country, in the extreme southern part.
v. 33. And in the valley, in the lowland and foothills, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
v. 34. and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
v. 35. Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
v. 36. and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages, for the last two are probably the same city, and the names should be connected with "or. "
v. 37. Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
v. 38. and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
v. 39. Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
v. 40. and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
v. 41. and Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Waamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.
v. 42. Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
v. 43. and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
v. 44. and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages;
v. 45. Ekron, with her towns and her villages;
v. 46. from Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
v. 47. Ashdod, with her towns and her villages, Gaza, with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt and the Great Sea and the border thereof.
v. 48. And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
v. 49. and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
v. 50. and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
v. 51. and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages;
v. 52. Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
v. 53. and Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
v. 54. and Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities with their villages;
v. 55. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
v. 56. and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
v. 57. Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages;
v. 58. Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
v. 59. and Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eitekon; six cities with their villages;
v. 60. Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Babbah: two cities with their villages.
v. 61. In the wilderness, near the Dead Sea, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
v. 62. and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages. Some of these cities, as those in the Philistine country, were not occupied by the tribe of Judah, and others were in the hands of the children of Israel for only a short time. The site of a large number of these cities has been fixed with a fair degree of certainty, while others are mentioned in the various narratives and will be located as the history calls for a more exact geographical description.
v. 63. As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. It was not till the time of David that this city was finally taken by the army of the Lord's people, 2Sa_5:5-9. It is a dangerous thing for the soldiers of the Lord to grow weary in battle, for then their enemies are likely to gain strength beyond their ability to overcome them.