John Gill Commentary Joshua 15:62

"and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages." — Joshua 15:62 (ASV)

And Nibshan Of Nibshan no mention is made elsewhere.

and the city of Salt some take to be Zoar, so called because near the salt sea, or where Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, (Genesis 19:22Genesis 19:26); but rather this city might be so called, because salt was made here.

and Engedi, or Engaddi, is a well known place, near the salt sea; (See Gill on Ezekiel 47:10). Jerom says ^F25, there was a very large village of Jews in his time called Engaddi, near the dead sea, from whence comes the opobalsam; the same place is called Hazazontamar, from the palm trees which grew there, (2 Chronicles 20:2). It was famous for vineyards also, (Song of Solomon 1:14); it lay, according to Josephus ^F26, three hundred furlongs or about forty miles from Jerusalem:

six cities with their villages; the sum total agrees with the particulars.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: De loc. Heb. fol. 91. B.
• F26: Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2.