And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
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Interpretation
Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it.
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This thought runs through Joshua 15:25-29.
Glossary
- Beth-pelet Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Saqati.
- Hazar-gaddah Place
- Village of fortune, a city on the south border of Judah ( Josh. 15:27 ), midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.
- Heshmon Place
- Fatness, a town in the south of Judah ( Josh. 15:27 ). Modern identification: Tell es Saqati.