They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
KJV
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
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And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba,.... Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used (z), and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them,
Jos 19:6
; so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon,
Ch1 4:28
; Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest,
Gen 21:31
; See Gill on
Jos 15:28
,
and Moladah; another of the cities of Judah,
Jos 15:26
.
(z) Vid. Noldium, p. 280. No. 1200.
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