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What Does Joshua 15:52 Mean?

Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

Context

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And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

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And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

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And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, Janum: or, Janus

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And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Jos 9:3-15. The Gibeonites Obtain a League by Craft. **3-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard--**This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city (Jos 10:2). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state (Jos 9:17) and to have enjoyed a republican government (Jos 9:11).

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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