Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
KJV
And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
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And Gederoth,.... Gederoth is reckoned among the cities of the low country, and south of Judah,
Ch2 28:18
,
and Bethdagon; in it very probably was a temple of Dagon, which was a principal deity of the Philistines,
Sa1 5:2
; Jerom says (x) in his time was shown a large village called Capherdagon, between Diospolis and Jamnia; of Naamah, the same writer says nothing, only that it was a city of the tribe of Judah:
and Makkedah; see
Jos 10:10
; it was a royal city,
Jos 12:16
;
sixteen cities with their villages; and is the exact number of them, as before enumerated.
(x) De loc. Heb. fol. 89. F.
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