John Gill Commentary Joshua 15:28

"and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah," — Joshua 15:28 (ASV)

And Hazarshual
The first of these seems to have its name from an haunt of foxes here, and was given to the tribe of Simeon, (Joshua 19:3); and is mentioned as here with Beersheba, (1 Chronicles 4:28) (Nehemiah 11:27);

and Beersheba
was a city well known in the extreme border of the land of Canaan southward; hence the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba", (Judges 20:1) (1 Samuel 3:20) (2 Samuel 3:10) (17:11) (2 Samuel 24:2 2 Samuel 24:15) (1 Kings 4:25), of which Jerom says ^F8, Bersabee, in the tribe of Judah or Simeon, is at this day a large village, twenty miles from Hebron to the south, in which there is a Roman garrison; and from hence the borders of the land of Judea begin, and go on to Dan, which is by Paneas;

and Bizjothjah,
of which mention is made elsewhere.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: lbid. fol. 89. E. F.