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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Joshua 15"
description: "Overview  Joshua 15:1, The borders of the lot Judah; Joshua 15:13, Caleb’s portion and conquest; Joshua 15:16, Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Cale"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/joshua/15"
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**Overview**
**** [Joshua 15:1](../../../kjv/joshua/15/1), The borders of the lot Judah; [Joshua 15:13](../../../kjv/joshua/15/13), Caleb’s portion and conquest; [Joshua 15:16](../../../kjv/joshua/15/16), Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb’s daughter, to wife; [Joshua 15:18](../../../kjv/joshua/15/18), She obtains a blessing of her father; [Joshua 15:21](../../../kjv/joshua/15/21), The cities of Judah; [Joshua 15:63](../../../kjv/joshua/15/63), The Jebusites unconquered.

am 2561, bc 1443, An, Ex, Is, 48
**This then was the lot:** The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative. [Joshua 14:2](../../../kjv/joshua/14/2), [Numbers 26:55](../../../kjv/numbers/26/55), [Numbers 26:56](../../../kjv/numbers/26/56)
**even to the:** [Numbers 33:36](../../../kjv/numbers/33/36), [Numbers 33:37](../../../kjv/numbers/33/37), [Numbers 34:3-5](../../../kjv/numbers/34/3-5), [Ezekiel 47:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 13:21](../../../kjv/numbers/13/21) - from the wilderness of Zin [Numbers 20:1](../../../kjv/numbers/20/1) - Kadesh [Numbers 33:54](../../../kjv/numbers/33/54) - give the less inheritance [Numbers 34:17](../../../kjv/numbers/34/17) - are the names [Joshua 18:5](../../../kjv/joshua/18/5) - Judah shall [Joshua 18:8](../../../kjv/joshua/18/8) - that I may here [Joshua 18:11](../../../kjv/joshua/18/11) - between the children [Joshua 18:19](../../../kjv/joshua/18/19) - this was the [Ezekiel 48:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/7) - Judah

**the salt sea:** [Joshua 3:16](../../../kjv/joshua/3/16), [Genesis 14:3](../../../kjv/genesis/14/3), [Numbers 34:3](../../../kjv/numbers/34/3), [Ezekiel 47:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/8), [Ezekiel 47:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/18)
**bay:** Heb. tongue, [Isaiah 11:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 3:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/17) - the sea [Joshua 12:3](../../../kjv/joshua/12/3) - the sea [Joshua 18:19](../../../kjv/joshua/18/19) - bay [Judges 1:36](../../../kjv/judges/1/36) - from the going

**Maalehacrabbim:** or, the going up to Acrabbim, [Numbers 34:4](../../../kjv/numbers/34/4), [Judges 1:36](../../../kjv/judges/1/36)
**Zin:** [Genesis 14:7](../../../kjv/genesis/14/7), [Numbers 20:1](../../../kjv/numbers/20/1), [Numbers 32:8](../../../kjv/numbers/32/8)
**Adar:** Probably the same as Hazar-addar, [Numbers 34:4](../../../kjv/numbers/34/4).
**Karkaa:** Supposed to be the Coracea of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petrea Eusebius places a castle called Carcaria at the distance of a day's journey from Petra.
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 13:17](../../../kjv/numbers/13/17) - southward

**Azmon:** The last city they possessed towards Egypt; east of the River of Egypt or Rhinocorura. [Numbers 34:5](../../../kjv/numbers/34/5)
**river:** [Joshua 13:3](../../../kjv/joshua/13/3), [Exodus 23:31](../../../kjv/exodus/23/31)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 15:18](../../../kjv/genesis/15/18) - from [Numbers 34:4](../../../kjv/numbers/34/4) - Hazaraddar [Joshua 15:47](../../../kjv/joshua/15/47) - the river [1 Samuel 30:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/10) - the brook Besor [2 Kings 24:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/7) - from the river

[Numbers 34:12](../../../kjv/numbers/34/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 3:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/17) - the sea [Joshua 12:3](../../../kjv/joshua/12/3) - the sea

**Bethhogla:** Probably the Bethagla mentioned by Jerome is the same as the "threshing-floor of Atad," - [Genesis 50:10](../../../kjv/genesis/50/10), situated three miles from Jericho, and two from Jordan; and belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, though serving as a frontier to the tribe of Judah. [Joshua 18:19](../../../kjv/joshua/18/19), [Joshua 18:20](../../../kjv/joshua/18/20)
**the stone:** [Joshua 18:17](../../../kjv/joshua/18/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:61](../../../kjv/joshua/15/61) - Betharabah [Joshua 18:18](../../../kjv/joshua/18/18) - Arabah [Joshua 18:21](../../../kjv/joshua/18/21) - Bethhoglah [Joshua 18:22](../../../kjv/joshua/18/22) - Betharabah

**Debir:** [Joshua 15:15](../../../kjv/joshua/15/15), [Joshua 10:38](../../../kjv/joshua/10/38), [Joshua 10:39](../../../kjv/joshua/10/39)
**the valley:** [Joshua 7:26](../../../kjv/joshua/7/26), [Isaiah 65:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/10), [Hosea 2:5](../../../kjv/hosea/2/5)
**Gilgal:** [Joshua 4:19](../../../kjv/joshua/4/19), [Joshua 5:9](../../../kjv/joshua/5/9), [Joshua 5:10](../../../kjv/joshua/5/10), [Joshua 10:43](../../../kjv/joshua/10/43)
**Adummim:** A town and mountain of Benjamin - [Joshua 18:17](../../../kjv/joshua/18/17), near Jericho, towards Jerusalem.
**Enshemesh:** Situated east of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and Benjamin.
**Enrogel:** Supposed to be the same as the fountain of Siloam, east of Jerusalem, at the foot of mount Zion. [2 Samuel 17:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/17), [1 Kings 1:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 7:24](../../../kjv/joshua/7/24) - the valley [Joshua 18:16](../../../kjv/joshua/18/16) - Enrogel

**valley of the son:** A valley near to Jerusalem. [Joshua 18:16](../../../kjv/joshua/18/16), [2 Kings 23:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/10), [2 Chronicles 28:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/3), [Jeremiah 7:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/31), [Jeremiah 7:32](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/32), [Jeremiah 19:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/2), [Jeremiah 19:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/6), [Jeremiah 19:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/14)
**the Jebusite:** [Joshua 15:63](../../../kjv/joshua/15/63), [Joshua 18:28](../../../kjv/joshua/18/28), [Judges 1:8](../../../kjv/judges/1/8), [Judges 1:21](../../../kjv/judges/1/21), [Judges 19:10](../../../kjv/judges/19/10)
**valley of the giants:** Situated apparently west of Jerusalem and mount Moriah. [Joshua 18:16](../../../kjv/joshua/18/16), [2 Samuel 5:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/18), [2 Samuel 5:22](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/22), [Isaiah 17:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/17/5), the valley of Rephaim
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 11:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/15) - Rephaim [Nehemiah 11:30](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/30) - the valley

**Nephtoah:** [Joshua 18:15](../../../kjv/joshua/18/15)
**Baalah:** A city near Bethshemesh, and, according to Eusebius, nine miles from Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis. [2 Samuel 6:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/2), [1 Chronicles 13:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/6)
**Kirjathjearim:** [Joshua 9:17](../../../kjv/joshua/9/17), [Judges 18:12](../../../kjv/judges/18/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:29](../../../kjv/joshua/15/29) - Baalah [Joshua 17:18](../../../kjv/joshua/17/18) - the mountain [Joshua 18:14](../../../kjv/joshua/18/14) - Kirjathbaal [Judges 17:1](../../../kjv/judges/17/1) - mount [1 Chronicles 2:50](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/50) - Kirjathjearim [2 Chronicles 13:19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/19) - Ephrain [John 11:54](../../../kjv/john/11/54) - Ephraim

**Bethshemesh:** Placed by Eusebius ten miles east from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis. [1 Samuel 6:12-21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/12-21)
**Timnah:** [Joshua 15:57](../../../kjv/joshua/15/57), [Genesis 38:13](../../../kjv/genesis/38/13), [Judges 14:1](../../../kjv/judges/14/1), [Judges 14:5](../../../kjv/judges/14/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 38:12](../../../kjv/genesis/38/12) - Timnath [Joshua 21:16](../../../kjv/joshua/21/16) - Bethshemesh [1 Samuel 6:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/9) - Bethshemesh [2 Samuel 6:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/2) - Baale [1 Chronicles 6:59](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/59) - Bethshemesh [2 Chronicles 28:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/18) - Bethshemesh

**Ekron:** [Joshua 15:45](../../../kjv/joshua/15/45), [Joshua 19:43](../../../kjv/joshua/19/43), [1 Samuel 5:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/5/10), [1 Samuel 7:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/14), [2 Kings 1:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/2), [2 Kings 1:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/3), [2 Kings 1:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/6), [2 Kings 1:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/16)
**mount Baalah:** [Joshua 19:44](../../../kjv/joshua/19/44)

**the great sea:** [Joshua 15:47](../../../kjv/joshua/15/47), [Numbers 34:6](../../../kjv/numbers/34/6), [Numbers 34:7](../../../kjv/numbers/34/7), [Deuteronomy 11:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/24), [Ezekiel 47:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 34:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/2) - unto [Joshua 9:1](../../../kjv/joshua/9/1) - of the great

**Caleb:** [Joshua 14:6-15](../../../kjv/joshua/14/6-15), [Numbers 13:30](../../../kjv/numbers/13/30), [Numbers 14:23](../../../kjv/numbers/14/23), [Numbers 14:24](../../../kjv/numbers/14/24), [Deuteronomy 1:34-36](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/34-36)
**the city of Arba:** or, Kirjath-arba, [Joshua 14:15](../../../kjv/joshua/14/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 35:27](../../../kjv/genesis/35/27) - Mamre [Numbers 13:6](../../../kjv/numbers/13/6) - Caleb [Numbers 13:22](../../../kjv/numbers/13/22) - Ahiman [Joshua 10:36](../../../kjv/joshua/10/36) - Hebron [Joshua 11:21](../../../kjv/joshua/11/21) - the Anakims [Joshua 14:13](../../../kjv/joshua/14/13) - gave unto [Joshua 15:54](../../../kjv/joshua/15/54) - Kirjatharba [Joshua 21:11](../../../kjv/joshua/21/11) - the city of Arba [Judges 1:9](../../../kjv/judges/1/9) - afterward [Judges 1:10](../../../kjv/judges/1/10) - Sheshai [Judges 1:12](../../../kjv/judges/1/12) - And Caleb [Judges 1:20](../../../kjv/judges/1/20) - they gave [1 Samuel 30:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/14) - Caleb [1 Chronicles 4:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/15) - Caleb [1 Chronicles 6:55](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/55) - Hebron [1 Chronicles 6:56](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/56) - the fields

[Joshua 10:36](../../../kjv/joshua/10/36), [Joshua 10:37](../../../kjv/joshua/10/37), [Joshua 11:21](../../../kjv/joshua/11/21), [Numbers 13:22](../../../kjv/numbers/13/22), [Numbers 13:23](../../../kjv/numbers/13/23), [Judges 1:10](../../../kjv/judges/1/10), [Judges 1:20](../../../kjv/judges/1/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 13:28](../../../kjv/numbers/13/28) - saw the [Deuteronomy 1:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/28) - we have seen [Joshua 14:12](../../../kjv/joshua/14/12) - I shall [Joshua 21:11](../../../kjv/joshua/21/11) - the city of Arba [Joshua 23:9](../../../kjv/joshua/23/9) - no man

[Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3), [Joshua 10:38](../../../kjv/joshua/10/38), [Judges 1:11-13](../../../kjv/judges/1/11-13)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:7](../../../kjv/joshua/15/7) - Debir [Joshua 15:49](../../../kjv/joshua/15/49) - Kirjathsannah

[Judges 1:6](../../../kjv/judges/1/6), [Judges 1:12](../../../kjv/judges/1/12), [Judges 1:13](../../../kjv/judges/1/13)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 17:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/25) - the king [2 Samuel 5:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/8) - Whosoever [1 Chronicles 11:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/6) - Whosoever

**Othniel:** [Judges 1:13](../../../kjv/judges/1/13), [Judges 3:9](../../../kjv/judges/3/9), [Judges 3:11](../../../kjv/judges/3/11)
**Kenaz:** [Joshua 14:6](../../../kjv/joshua/14/6), [Numbers 32:12](../../../kjv/numbers/32/12)
**Achsah:** [1 Chronicles 2:49](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/49)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 1:12](../../../kjv/judges/1/12) - And Caleb [2 Samuel 5:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/8) - Whosoever [1 Chronicles 4:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/13) - Kenaz [1 Chronicles 11:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/6) - Whosoever

**she lighted:** [Genesis 24:64](../../../kjv/genesis/24/64), [1 Samuel 25:23](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/23)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 1:14](../../../kjv/judges/1/14) - And it came [Job 42:15](../../../kjv/job/42/15) - gave [Proverbs 31:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/31/16) - considereth

**Give me:** [Judges 1:14](../../../kjv/judges/1/14), [Judges 1:15](../../../kjv/judges/1/15)
**a blessing:** [Genesis 33:11](../../../kjv/genesis/33/11), [Deuteronomy 33:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/7), [1 Samuel 25:27](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/27), [2 Corinthians 9:5](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/9/5), *marg.
**Reciprocal:** [Job 42:15](../../../kjv/job/42/15) - gave

[Genesis 49:8-12](../../../kjv/genesis/49/8-12), [Deuteronomy 33:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/7)

**Kabzeel:** [Nehemiah 11:25](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/25)
**Eder:** [Genesis 35:21](../../../kjv/genesis/35/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:40](../../../kjv/joshua/10/40) - all the country [2 Samuel 23:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/20) - Kabzeel [1 Chronicles 11:22](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/22) - Kabzeel [Jeremiah 17:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/26) - from the cities [Obadiah 1:19](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/19) - the south

**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 11:25](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/25) - Dibon

**Kedesh:** [Joshua 12:22](../../../kjv/joshua/12/22), [Numbers 33:37](../../../kjv/numbers/33/37), [Deuteronomy 1:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/19)
**Hazor:** The LXX read ףןסישםבים, for Hazar-Ithnan, regarding these two as one city.
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 6:72](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/72) - Kedesh

**Ziph:** Eusebius and Jerome say, that Ziph was a village in their time eight miles east from Hebron. [1 Samuel 23:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/14), [1 Samuel 23:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/19), [1 Samuel 23:24](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/24), [Psalms 54:1](../../../kjv/psalms/54/1), *title
**Telem:** [1 Samuel 15:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:55](../../../kjv/joshua/15/55) - Ziph [1 Samuel 26:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/1) - Ziphites [1 Chronicles 2:42](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/42) - Ziph [2 Chronicles 11:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/8) - Ziph

**Hazor:** Or, rather, Hazar-hadattah, or, as the LXX, Alexandrian, and Vulgate render ףשס ח ךביםח, Asor nova, "New Hazor," to distinguish it from the preceding ([Joshua 15:28](../../../kjv/joshua/15/28)), and following Hazor. Eusebius and Jerome say it was a village in their time, on the eastern confines of Askelon.
**Kerioth:** Or, rather, Kerioth-Hezron: LXX בי נןכויע (Alex. נןכיע) ףוסשם, "the cities (city) of Hezron." [Joshua 15:25](../../../kjv/joshua/15/25)

**Moladah:** Probably the same as Malatha, a city frequently mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears to have been situated in the southern border of Judah, about twenty miles from Hebron. [1 Chronicles 4:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/28)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 5:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/8) - Azaz [Nehemiah 11:26](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/26) - Moladah

**Hazargaddah:** This is apparently the city which Eusebius calls ףוס; which he says, was, in his time, a town situated between Askalon and Ashdod.
**Bethpalet:** [Nehemiah 11:26](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/26)

**Hazarshual:** [Joshua 19:3](../../../kjv/joshua/19/3), [1 Chronicles 4:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/28)
**Beersheba:** [Joshua 19:2](../../../kjv/joshua/19/2), [Genesis 21:14](../../../kjv/genesis/21/14), [Genesis 21:31-33](../../../kjv/genesis/21/31-33), [Genesis 26:33](../../../kjv/genesis/26/33)
**Bizjothjah:** Instead of Bizjothjah, the LXX read, "and their towns and villages.
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 22:19](../../../kjv/genesis/22/19) - to Beersheba [Joshua 15:25](../../../kjv/joshua/15/25) - Hazor [Nehemiah 11:27](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/27) - *General*

**Baalah:** [Joshua 15:9-11](../../../kjv/joshua/15/9-11), [Joshua 19:3](../../../kjv/joshua/19/3)
**Azem:** [1 Chronicles 4:29](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/29)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 4:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/28) - Beersheba

**Hormah:** [Joshua 19:4](../../../kjv/joshua/19/4), [Numbers 14:45](../../../kjv/numbers/14/45), [Deuteronomy 1:44](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/44), [Judges 1:17](../../../kjv/judges/1/17)

**Ziklag:** [Joshua 19:5](../../../kjv/joshua/19/5), [1 Samuel 27:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/6), [1 Samuel 30:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/1), [1 Chronicles 12:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/1)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 2:49](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/49) - the father of Madmannah [1 Chronicles 4:30](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/30) - Ziklag [Nehemiah 11:28](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/28) - Ziklag [Isaiah 10:31](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/31) - Madmenah

**Ain:** Probably the גחטבםים of Eusebius, four miles from Hebron. [Numbers 34:11](../../../kjv/numbers/34/11)
**Rimmon:** [Nehemiah 11:29](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/29)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 33:19](../../../kjv/numbers/33/19) - Rimmonparez [Joshua 19:6](../../../kjv/joshua/19/6) - Bethlebaoth [Joshua 19:7](../../../kjv/joshua/19/7) - Ain [Judges 20:45](../../../kjv/judges/20/45) - Rimmon [Judges 21:13](../../../kjv/judges/21/13) - the rock Rimmon [Zechariah 14:10](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/10) - Rimmon

**Eshtaol:** This town is placed by Eusebius ten mile from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis, and it is supposed to be a wretched village, called Esdad, about 15 miles south of Yebna. [Joshua 19:41](../../../kjv/joshua/19/41), [Numbers 13:23](../../../kjv/numbers/13/23), [Judges 13:25](../../../kjv/judges/13/25), [Judges 16:31](../../../kjv/judges/16/31)
**Zoreah:** A town near to Eshtaol, placed at ten miles' distance n of Eleutheropolis by Eusebius.
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 17:52](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/52) - valley [1 Chronicles 2:53](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/53) - the Zareathites [1 Chronicles 4:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/2) - Zorathites [2 Chronicles 11:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/10) - Zorah [Nehemiah 11:29](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/29) - Zareah [Obadiah 1:19](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/19) - the plain

**Tappuah:** [Joshua 15:53](../../../kjv/joshua/15/53), [Joshua 12:17](../../../kjv/joshua/12/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 38:14](../../../kjv/genesis/38/14) - an open place [Joshua 17:8](../../../kjv/joshua/17/8) - of Tappuah [Joshua 18:25](../../../kjv/joshua/18/25) - Ramah [1 Chronicles 4:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/18) - Jekuthiel [Nehemiah 3:13](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/13) - Zanoah [Nehemiah 11:30](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/30) - Zanoah

**Jarmuth:** [Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3), [Joshua 10:23](../../../kjv/joshua/10/23), [Joshua 12:11](../../../kjv/joshua/12/11), [Nehemiah 11:29](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/29)
**Adullam:** [Joshua 12:15](../../../kjv/joshua/12/15), [1 Samuel 22:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/1), [Micah 1:15](../../../kjv/micah/1/15)
**Socoh:** Eusebius says, there were two cities of Socoh, an upper and lower, nine miles from Eleutheropolis, towards Jerusalem. [Joshua 15:48](../../../kjv/joshua/15/48), [1 Samuel 17:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/1), [1 Chronicles 4:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/18)
**Azekah:** Eusebius and Jerome say there was a town of this name in their time, between Jerusalem and Eleutheropolis. [Joshua 10:10](../../../kjv/joshua/10/10), [1 Samuel 17:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/1)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 38:1](../../../kjv/genesis/38/1) - Adullamite [Genesis 38:12](../../../kjv/genesis/38/12) - Timnath [2 Samuel 23:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/13) - the cave [1 Kings 4:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/10) - Sochoh [2 Chronicles 11:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/7) - Shoco [2 Chronicles 11:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/9) - Lachish [Nehemiah 11:30](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/30) - Azekah [Jeremiah 34:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/34/7) - Lachish

**Sharaim:** [1 Samuel 17:52](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/52)
**Adithaim:** Eusebius mentions two cities, called Adatha, one towards Gaza, and the other east of Lydda.
**and Gederothaim:** or, or, fourteen cities, There are fifteen in all; but the two last seem to be only two names of the same city.
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 12:13](../../../kjv/joshua/12/13) - Geder [1 Chronicles 4:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/4) - Gedor [1 Chronicles 12:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/4) - Gederathite

**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 38:12](../../../kjv/genesis/38/12) - Timnath

**Mizpeh:** [Genesis 31:48](../../../kjv/genesis/31/48), [Genesis 31:49](../../../kjv/genesis/31/49), [Judges 20:1](../../../kjv/judges/20/1), [Judges 21:5](../../../kjv/judges/21/5), [1 Samuel 7:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/5), [1 Samuel 7:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/6), [1 Samuel 7:16](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/16), [1 Samuel 10:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/17)
**Joktheel:** [2 Kings 14:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 11:11](../../../kjv/judges/11/11) - Mizpeh [2 Chronicles 16:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/16/6) - Mizpah [Jeremiah 40:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/6) - Mizpah

**Lachish:** [Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3), [Joshua 10:31](../../../kjv/joshua/10/31), [Joshua 10:32](../../../kjv/joshua/10/32), [Joshua 12:11](../../../kjv/joshua/12/11), [2 Kings 18:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/14), [2 Kings 18:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/17), [2 Kings 19:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/8)
**Bozkath:** [2 Kings 22:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/1)
**Eglon:** [Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3), [Joshua 12:12](../../../kjv/joshua/12/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:34](../../../kjv/joshua/10/34) - Eglon [2 Chronicles 11:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/9) - Lachish [2 Chronicles 32:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/9) - Lachish [Nehemiah 11:30](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/30) - Lachish [Isaiah 37:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/8) - Lachish [Jeremiah 34:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/34/7) - Lachish [Micah 1:13](../../../kjv/micah/1/13) - Lachish

**Makkedah:** [Joshua 10:21](../../../kjv/joshua/10/21), [Joshua 10:28](../../../kjv/joshua/10/28), [Joshua 12:16](../../../kjv/joshua/12/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:10](../../../kjv/joshua/10/10) - Makkedah [2 Chronicles 28:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/18) - Gederoth

**Libnah:** [Joshua 10:29](../../../kjv/joshua/10/29), [Joshua 12:15](../../../kjv/joshua/12/15), [2 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/22)
**Ether:** [Joshua 19:7](../../../kjv/joshua/19/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 21:13](../../../kjv/joshua/21/13) - Libnah [Joshua 21:16](../../../kjv/joshua/21/16) - Ain [1 Samuel 30:30](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/30) - Chorashan [2 Kings 19:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/8) - Libnah [1 Chronicles 6:57](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/57) - Libnah [1 Chronicles 6:59](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/59) - Ashan [Jeremiah 52:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/1) - Libnah

**Keilah:** [1 Samuel 23:1-14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/1-14)
**Achzib:** [Genesis 38:5](../../../kjv/genesis/38/5), [Micah 1:14](../../../kjv/micah/1/14)
**Mareshah:** [Micah 1:15](../../../kjv/micah/1/15)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 4:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/19) - Keilah [2 Chronicles 11:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/8) - Mareshah [2 Chronicles 14:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/9) - Mareshah [Nehemiah 3:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/17) - Keilah

**Ekron:** [Joshua 13:3](../../../kjv/joshua/13/3), [1 Samuel 5:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/5/10), [1 Samuel 6:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/17), [Amos 1:8](../../../kjv/amos/1/8), [Zephaniah 2:4](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/4), [Zechariah 9:5-7](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/5-7)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:11](../../../kjv/joshua/15/11) - Ekron [Joshua 19:43](../../../kjv/joshua/19/43) - Ekron [Judges 1:18](../../../kjv/judges/1/18) - *General* [1 Samuel 17:52](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/52) - valley [Obadiah 1:19](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/19) - the plain

**near:** Heb. by the place of, [1 Samuel 5:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/5/1), [1 Samuel 5:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/5/6), [2 Chronicles 26:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26/6), [Nehemiah 13:23](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/23), [Nehemiah 13:24](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/24), [Isaiah 20:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/20/1), [Amos 1:8](../../../kjv/amos/1/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 11:22](../../../kjv/joshua/11/22) - Ashdod [1 Samuel 17:52](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/52) - valley [Obadiah 1:19](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/19) - the plain [Acts 8:40](../../../kjv/acts/8/40) - at

**Gaza:** [Judges 16:1-21](../../../kjv/judges/16/1-21), [Jeremiah 47:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/1), [Jeremiah 47:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/47/5), [Amos 1:6](../../../kjv/amos/1/6), [Amos 1:7](../../../kjv/amos/1/7), [Zephaniah 2:4](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/4), [Acts 8:26](../../../kjv/acts/8/26)
**the river:** [Joshua 15:4](../../../kjv/joshua/15/4), [Joshua 13:3](../../../kjv/joshua/13/3), [Exodus 23:31](../../../kjv/exodus/23/31), [Numbers 34:5](../../../kjv/numbers/34/5), [Numbers 34:6](../../../kjv/numbers/34/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:12](../../../kjv/joshua/15/12) - the great sea [Acts 8:40](../../../kjv/acts/8/40) - at

**Jattir:** [Joshua 21:14](../../../kjv/joshua/21/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:35](../../../kjv/joshua/15/35) - Socoh [Judges 10:1](../../../kjv/judges/10/1) - Shamir [1 Samuel 30:27](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/27) - Jattir [1 Chronicles 4:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/18) - Socho [1 Chronicles 6:57](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/57) - Jattir [2 Chronicles 28:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/18) - Shocho [Luke 1:39](../../../kjv/luke/1/39) - into

**Kirjathsannah:** [Joshua 15:15](../../../kjv/joshua/15/15), [Judges 1:11](../../../kjv/judges/1/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:38](../../../kjv/joshua/10/38) - Debir [Joshua 21:15](../../../kjv/joshua/21/15) - Debir [1 Chronicles 6:58](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/58) - Debir

**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 21:14](../../../kjv/joshua/21/14) - Eshtemoa [1 Samuel 30:28](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/28) - Eshtemoa [1 Chronicles 4:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/17) - Eshtemoa

**Goshen:** [Joshua 10:41](../../../kjv/joshua/10/41), [Joshua 11:16](../../../kjv/joshua/11/16)
**Giloh:** [2 Samuel 15:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 21:15](../../../kjv/joshua/21/15) - Holon [1 Chronicles 6:58](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/58) - Hilen

**Dumah:** [Isaiah 21:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/11)

**Janum:** or, Janus, [Joshua 15:53](../../../kjv/joshua/15/53)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 15:34](../../../kjv/joshua/15/34) - Tappuah [Joshua 17:8](../../../kjv/joshua/17/8) - of Tappuah [1 Samuel 4:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/1) - Aphek

**Kirjatharba:** [Joshua 15:13](../../../kjv/joshua/15/13), [Joshua 14:15](../../../kjv/joshua/14/15), [Genesis 23:2](../../../kjv/genesis/23/2)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3) - king of Jerusalem [Joshua 10:36](../../../kjv/joshua/10/36) - Hebron [Joshua 21:11](../../../kjv/joshua/21/11) - the city of Arba [Joshua 21:13](../../../kjv/joshua/21/13) - Hebron

**Maon:** [1 Samuel 23:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/25), [1 Samuel 25:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/2), [1 Samuel 25:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/7), [2 Chronicles 26:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26/10), [Isaiah 35:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/2)
**Carmel:** [1 Kings 18:42](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/42)
**Ziph:** [Joshua 15:24](../../../kjv/joshua/15/24), [1 Samuel 23:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/14), [1 Samuel 23:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/15), [1 Samuel 26:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/1), [1 Samuel 26:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/2)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 12:22](../../../kjv/joshua/12/22) - Carmel [Joshua 21:16](../../../kjv/joshua/21/16) - Juttah [Judges 10:12](../../../kjv/judges/10/12) - the Maonites [1 Samuel 15:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/12) - Carmel [1 Samuel 23:24](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/24) - Maon [1 Chronicles 6:60](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/60) - thirteen cities

**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 25:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/43) - Jezreel [1 Chronicles 3:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/1) - Jezreelitess [Nehemiah 3:13](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/13) - Zanoah

**Timnah:** [Joshua 15:10](../../../kjv/joshua/15/10), [Genesis 38:12](../../../kjv/genesis/38/12), [Jeremiah 14:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/1)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 2:49](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/49) - Gibea

**Gedor:** [1 Chronicles 4:39](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/39)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 2:45](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/45) - Bethzur [1 Chronicles 4:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/18) - the father of [1 Chronicles 12:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/7) - Gedor [2 Chronicles 11:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/7) - Bethzur [Nehemiah 3:16](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/16) - Bethzur

**Kirjathbaal:** [Joshua 18:14](../../../kjv/joshua/18/14), [1 Samuel 7:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/7/1)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 9:17](../../../kjv/joshua/9/17) - Kirjathjearim [Judges 18:12](../../../kjv/judges/18/12) - Kirjathjearim [2 Samuel 6:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/2) - Baale [1 Chronicles 2:50](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/50) - Kirjathjearim [1 Chronicles 13:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/13/6) - Baalah [Jeremiah 26:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/20) - Kirjathjearim

**Betharabah:** [Joshua 15:6](../../../kjv/joshua/15/6), [Joshua 18:18](../../../kjv/joshua/18/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 16:1](../../../kjv/joshua/16/1) - the water [1 Kings 2:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/34) - in the [Matthew 3:1](../../../kjv/matthew/3/1) - the wilderness

**the city of:** This city was situated somewhere in the vicinity, west of the lake Asphaltites; and supposed by some to be the same as Zoar.
**Engedi:** En-gedi, or Hazazon-Tamar, was situated, according to Eusebius, in the desert west of the Dead Sea. Josephus says it was 300 stadia from Jerusalem, and not far from the lake Asphaltites; and consequently it could not have been far from Jericho and the mouth of the Jordan. It was celebrated for the abundance of its palm-trees. [1 Samuel 23:29](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/29), [2 Chronicles 20:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/20/2)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 14:7](../../../kjv/genesis/14/7) - Hazezontamar [Deuteronomy 11:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/29) - *General* [Song of Solomon 1:14](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/14) - Engedi [Matthew 3:1](../../../kjv/matthew/3/1) - the wilderness

[Judges 1:8](../../../kjv/judges/1/8), [Judges 1:21](../../../kjv/judges/1/21), [2 Samuel 5:6-9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/6-9), [1 Chronicles 11:4-8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/4-8), [Romans 7:14-21](../../../kjv/romans/7/14-21)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 23:29](../../../kjv/exodus/23/29) - in one year [Deuteronomy 7:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/22) - thou mayest [Joshua 10:3](../../../kjv/joshua/10/3) - king of Jerusalem [Joshua 11:3](../../../kjv/joshua/11/3) - the Jebusite [Joshua 15:8](../../../kjv/joshua/15/8) - the Jebusite [Joshua 16:10](../../../kjv/joshua/16/10) - they drave [Joshua 17:12](../../../kjv/joshua/17/12) - *General* [Joshua 18:16](../../../kjv/joshua/18/16) - Jebusi [Joshua 18:28](../../../kjv/joshua/18/28) - Jebusi [Judges 19:10](../../../kjv/judges/19/10) - Jebus [Judges 19:11](../../../kjv/judges/19/11) - the Jebusites [2 Samuel 24:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/16) - the Jebusite [1 Kings 9:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/21) - not [1 Chronicles 8:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/8/28) - dwelt [Psalms 106:34](../../../kjv/psalms/106/34) - did not [Psalms 106:35](../../../kjv/psalms/106/35) - But [Jeremiah 6:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/6/1) - O ye

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