Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa." — Joshua 19:41-46 (ASV)
All the towns mentioned here are identified by Conder.
Zorah—Sur’ah; Eshtaol—Eshû’a; Ir-shemesh—Ain Sheme; Shaalabbin—Selbît; Ajalon—Yâlo; Jethlah—(Ruin) Beit Tul. These are all in sheet 17.
Elon —Beit Ello; Thimnathah—(Ruin) Tibneh. These are in sheet 14.
Ekron-(Akir, sheet 16).
Gibbethon - (Kibbiah, sheet 14); Baalath—(Belaîn, sheet 14); Jehud—El-Yehudîyeh; Bene-berak—Ibn Ibrak. These are in sheet 13.
For Gath-rimmon, Conder suggests Gath; but this he identifies with Tell-es-Safi, which is well within the territory of Judah (to the south of sheet 16).
Me-jarkon, “the yellow water,” is thought to be the river ’ Aujeh (sheet 13), and Rakkon, Tell-er-Rakkeit, to the north of the mouth of it. Japho is Jaffa, on the same sheet.