And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
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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 15:30-34.
Glossary
- Madmannah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Tatrit.
- Sansannah Place
- A palm branch, or a thorn bush, a town in the south (the negeb) of Judah ( Josh. 15:31 ); called also Hazarsusah (19:5), or Hazar-susim ( 1 Chr. 4:31 ). Modern identification: Khirbet esh Shamsaniyat.
- Ziklag Place
- A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah ( Josh. 15:31 ), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Modern identification: Tell esh Sharia.