John Gill Commentary Joshua 19:44

"and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath," — Joshua 19:44 (ASV)

And Eltekeh
Eltekeh was a city given to the Levites (Joshua 21:23); and supposed by some to be the same with Eltekon in the tribe of Judah given to the Danites (Joshua 15:59).

and Gibbethon
was in the hands of the Philistines in the reign of Asa (1 Kings 15:21, 16:15); and in the same place Jerom ^F20 calls Gabatha a city of the strangers, or Philistines, and which he places near Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah.

and Baalath
is not the same with Baalah (Joshua 15:29), but the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon (1 Kings 9:18), called by Josephus ^F21 Baleth, and spoken of by him as near to Gazara in the land of the Philistines.

Of these two last cities, the Talmudists ^F23 say that their houses belonged to Judah, and their fields to Dan.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: De loc. Heb. fol. 92. C.
• F21: Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6. sect. 1.
• F23: T. Hieros. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 3.