John Gill Commentary Joshua 15:54

"and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages." — Joshua 15:54 (ASV)

And Humtah
Of Humtah we nowhere else read;

and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron ;
of Kirjatharba we read frequently; (See Gill on Joshua 14:15);

and Zior ;
Jerom says ^F15 , that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah:

nine cities with their villages ;
which is exactly their number, as expressed; here ends the second division, or of the cities in the hill country of Judea; a third follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: De loc. Heb. fol. 94. H.