Joshua - 15:60



60 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 15:60.

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Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
Cariathbaal, the same is Cariathiarim, the city of woods, and Arebba: two cities and their villages.
Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.
Kirjath-baal (the same is Kirjath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.
Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-jearim, the City of Forests, and Rabbah: two cities, and their villages.
Ciriath-baal, ipsa est Ciriath-jearim, et Rabba: urbes duae, et villae earum.

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Kirjath-baal - The same as Baalah. See on Joshua 15:9 (note).

Kirjathbaal, (which is Kirjathjearim,),.... Of Kirjathbaal, and its several names; see Gill on Joshua 15:9,
and Rabbah, of which we nowhere else read; for this is a very different city from the Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 2-Samuel 12:26,
two cities with their villages; why these are reckoned by themselves is not certain.

The sixth group of only two towns, to the west of Jerusalem, on the northern border of the tribe of Judah. - Kirjath-baal, or Kirjath-jearim, the present Kureyet el Enab; see at Joshua 15:9, and Joshua 9:17. Rabbah (Ha-rabbah, the great) is quite unknown.

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