SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:41
y Gederot, Bet-dagón, y Naama, y Maceda; dieciséis ciudades con sus aldeas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 15:41
Verse 41. Beth-dagon] The house or temple of Dagon. This is a well known idol of the Philistines, and probably the place mentioned here was in some part of their territories; but the situation at present is unknown.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 41. And Gederoth , etc.] Gederoth is reckoned among the cities of the low country, and south of Judah, ( 2 Chronicles 28:18); and Bethdagon ; in it very probably was a temple of Dagon, which was a principal deity of the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 5:2); Jerom says in his time was shown a large village called Capherdagon, between Diospolis and Jamnia; of Naamah, the same writer says nothing, only that it was a city of the tribe of Judah; and Makkedah ; (see Joshua 10:10); it was a royal city, ( Joshua 12:16); sixteen cities with their villages ; and is the exact number of them, as before enumerated.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-63 - Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here fin Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but littl among the thousands of Judah, Mic 5:2, except that it was thu honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וגדרות 1450 בית דגון 1016 ונעמה 5279 ומקדה 4719 ערים 5892 שׁשׁ 8337 עשׂרה 6240 וחצריהן׃ 2691
