Verses 41-46
(41-46) All the towns mentioned here are identified by Conder.
Zorah—Sur’ah
Eshtaol—Eshû’a
Ir-shemesh—Ain Sheme Shaalabbin—Selbît
Ajalon—Yâlo
Jethlah—(Ruin) Beit Tul
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Are all in sheet 17
Elon—Beit Ello
Thimnathah—(Ruin) Tibneh
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Sheet 14
Ekron-(akir, sheet 16)
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Gibbethon-(Kibbiah, sheet 14)
Baalath—(Belaîn, sheet 14)
Jehud—El-Yehudîyeh
Bene-berak—Ibn Ibrak
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Sheet 13
For Gath-rimmon, Conder suggests Gath; but this he identifies with Tell-es-Safi, which is well within the territory of Judah (to the south of sheet 16).
Me-jarkon, “the yellow water,” is thought to be the river ’Aujeh (sheet 13), and Rakkon, Tell-er-Rakkeit, to the north of the mouth of it. Japho is Jaffa, on the same sheet.
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