And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
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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
- Ain Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Halif.
- Lebaoth Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jebel el Biri.
- Rimmon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Halif.
- Shilhim Place
- Aqueducts, a town in the south of Judah ( Josh. 15:32 ); called also Sharuhen and Shaaraim (19:6). Modern identification: Tall al Ajjul.