John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;" — 1 Chronicles 7:28 (ASV)
And their possessions and habitations
That is, of the sons of Ephraim, when come into the land of Canaan:
were Bethel, and the towns thereof ;
the villages belonging to it, which was formerly called Luz, and was the border of Ephraim, (Joshua 16:7)
and eastward Naaran :
the same with Naarath, (Joshua 16:7)
and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof ;
of which see (Joshua 16:3Joshua 16:10) ,
and Shechem also, and the towns thereof ;
which was a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim, (Joshua 20:7)
unto Gaza, and the towns thereof ;
not Gaza, a city of the Philistines, for the tribe of Ephraim did not reach so far; the Targum calls it Aiah; it may be read Adaza, as in the margin of our Bibles.