Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 1:65

"And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea." — Luke 1:65 (ASV)

All the hill country of Judea.—The district so designated included the mountain plateau to the south of Jerusalem, which reaches its highest point at Hebron. (See Note on Luke 1:39.) The whole verse describes the gradual spread of the report of the events from the immediate neighborhood to the wider district of which it formed a part.