And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities 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 15:40-44.
Glossary
- Achzib Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel el Beida.
- Keilah Place
- Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah ( Josh. 15:44 ). David rescued it from the attack of the Philistines. Modern identification: Khirbet Qila.
- Mareshah Place
- Possession, a city in the plain of Judah ( John. 15:44 ). Here Asa defeated Zerah the Ethiopian ( 2 Chr. 14:9 , 10). It is identified with the ruin el-Mer’ash, about 1 1/2 mile south of Beit Jibrin. Modern identification: Tel Maresha.