John Gill Commentary Joshua 19:2

"And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah," — Joshua 19:2 (ASV)

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba
Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used {z}, and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, (Joshua 19:6); so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:28); Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned;

which was a well known place in the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest, (Genesis 21:31); (See Gill on Joshua 15:28);

and Moladah ;
another of the cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:26) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: Vid. Noldium, p. 280. No. 1200.