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God's Humble Beginnings
Matthew Henry makes a profound observation: the famous city of Bethlehem is absent from this extensive list. At this time, the future birthplace of King David and Jesus Christ was so insignificant it wasn't even counted among Judah's cities. This illustrates a key biblical theme: God often chooses what the world considers small and unimportant to accomplish His greatest purposes.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 15:21–63
18th Century
Theologian
List of the towns of the tribe of Judah. These are arranged in four divisions, according to the natural features of the district; namely, those of …
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 15:57
19th Century
Bishop
The first four and the last four of these are all found. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph became famous in David’s wanderings (see the story of Nabal, [Refer…
John Gill
On Joshua 15:57
17th Century
Pastor
Cain
Cain, or Hakain, "that Cain", we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in …
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Matthew Henry
On Joshua 15:20–63
17th Century
Minister
Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not find Bethlehem here, which later became the city of David and was ennobled by the birth of our…