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Gill, John, 1697-1771 • SECTION 259

Joshua 19:5

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Joshua 19:5

Ver. 5. And Ziklag,.... Another of the cities of Judah, See Gill on "Jos 15:31";

and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah; or Hazarsusim, as in 1Ch 4:31; the one signifies a chariot house, and the other a court or stable for horses, which made Bochart conjecture {a}, 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 2Ki 23:11.

{a} Hierozoic. l. 2. c. 9. col. 158.

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