And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown. Jos 18:14 And compassed the…
Adam Clarke
And Zelah - This was the burying-place of Saul, Jonathan, and the family of Kish. See Sa2 21:14.
Jebusi, which is Jerusalem - We often meet with this name, and it is evident that it was the ancient…
We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Psa 68:27), that…
The Cities of Benjamin
21. Now the cities The cities here enumerated fall into two groups, (a) the firstof twelvelying on the east, (b) the secondof fourteenlying on the west.
1. Jericho see note…
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