John Gill Commentary Joshua 19:5

"and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah," — Joshua 19:5 (ASV)

And Ziklag
Another of the cities of Judah, (See Gill on Joshua 15:31);

and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah ;
or Hazarsusim, as in (1 Chronicles 4:31) ; the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses, which made Bochart conjecture ^F1 , that they were places where Solomon kept his chariots and horses;

but it should be observed that these were the names by which these places went in the times of the old Canaanites; and seem to me rather where some of their kings had their horses and chariots; or rather where there were temples dedicated to the horses and chariots of the sun; see (2 Kings 23:11) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158.