and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
      I. The cities are here named, and numbered in several classes, which they then could account for the reason of better than we can now. Here are, 1. Some that are said to be the uttermost cities towards the coast of Edom,Joshua 15:21-32; Joshua 15:21-32. Here are thirty-eight named, and yet said to be twenty-nine (Joshua 15:32; Joshua 15:32), because nine of these were afterwards transferred to the lot of Simeon, and are reckoned as belonging to that, as appears by comparing Joshua 19:2-9; Joshua 19:2-9, c. therefore those only are counted (though the rest are named) which remained to Judah. 2. Others that are said to be in the valley (Joshua 15:33; Joshua 15:33) are counted to be fourteen, yet fifteen are named; but it is probable that Gederah and Gederathaim were either two names or two parts of one and the same city. 3. Then sixteen are named without any head of distinction, Joshua 15:37-41; Joshua 15:37-41, and nine more, Joshua 15:42-44; Joshua 15:42-44. 4. Then the three Philistine-cities, Ekron, Ashdod, and Gaza, Joshua 15:45-47; Joshua 15:45-47. 5. Cities in the mountains, eleven in all (Joshua 15:48-51; Joshua 15:48-51), nine more (Joshua 15:52-54; Joshua 15:52-54), ten more (Joshua 15:55-57; Joshua 15:55-57), six more (Joshua 15:58; Joshua 15:59), then two (Joshua 15:60; Joshua 15:60), and six in the wilderness, a part of the country not so thick of inhabitants as some others were.