Verse 5
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 Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158. , 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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