Joshua 10:3
Ver. 3. Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron,.... Which, according to Jerom {d} was twenty two miles from Jerusalem; it was an ancient city built seven years before Zoan in Egypt; See Gill on "Ge 13:18" and See Gill on "Nu 13:22":
and unto Piram king of Jarmuth; a city which fell to the lot of Judah, as did Hebron, Jos 15:35; according to Jerom {e}, it was four miles distant from Eleutheropolis; according to Procopius {f} fourteen, about the village Eshtaol, near to which Samson was buried, Jud 16:31; but Jerom {g} speaks of a city called Jermus, in the tribe of Judah, which seems to be the same with this; and which he says in his day was a village, that went by the name of Jermucha, ten miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Aelia or Jerusalem; and as Eleutheropolis lay twenty miles from Jerusalem, this place must be ten miles from it, lying between them both:
and unto Japhia king of Lachish; which the above writer says {h} was a city in the tribe of Judah, and in his time a village, seven miles from Eleutheropolis, as you go to Daroma, or the south; and, according to Bunting {i}, it lay between Eleutheropolis and Hebron, and was twenty miles from Jerusalem towards the southwest:
and unto Debir king of Eglon; which the Septuagint version calls Odollam or Adullam; and Jerom, following this version, makes Eglon the same with Adullam, when it is certain they were different places, and had distinct kings over them, Jos 12:12; and which he says {k} in his time was a very large village, twelve miles from Eleutheropolis to the east; and, according to Bunting {l} it was twelve miles from Jerusalem southward. To these four kings the king of Jerusalem sent:
saying; as follows.
{d} De loc. Heb. fol. 87. E. {e} lb. fol. 92. H. {f} Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. l. 2. p. 505. {g} Ut supra, (De loc. Heb. fol. 92.) I. {h} Ib. M. {i} Travels, p. 99. {k} De loc. Heb. fol. 91. A. {l} Travels, p. 92.