John Gill Commentary Joshua 13:18

"and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath," — Joshua 13:18 (ASV)

And Jahazah
Called Jahaz, (Numbers 21:23) , where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel:

and Kedemoth ;
near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from where Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, (Deuteronomy 2:26) ;

and Mephaath ;
thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy ^F6 ; here Jerom says {g}, in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near. It was a city, with its suburbs, given to the Levites, as were the two preceding, (Joshua 21:36Joshua 21:37) ; Adrichomius ^F8 takes it to be the same with Malle, which, Josephus says, ^F9 was called the city of the strangers.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.
• F8: Theatrum Ter. Sanct. p. 179.
• F9: Antiqu. l. 12. c. 8. sect. 3.