John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 2. And they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba , etc.] Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle “vau” is sometimes used f425 , and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen, it will appear that there are fourteen cities, contrary to the account of them, ( Joshua 19:6); so Kimchi and Ben Melech make them one city. And it may be observed, that in the enumeration of the cities of Simeon, ( 1 Chronicles 4:28); Sheba is left out, and only Beersheba is mentioned; which, was a well known place in, the farthest border of the land of Israel southward, and the reason of its name is manifest, ( Genesis 21:31); (see Gill on “ Joshua 15:28”); and Moladah ; another of the cities of Judah, ( Joshua 15:26).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - The men of Judah did not oppose taking away the cities within their border, when convinced that they had more than was right. If a tru believer has obtained an unintended and improper advantage in an thing, he will give it up without murmuring. Love seeketh not her own and doth not behave unseemly; it will induce those in whom it richl dwells, to part with their own to supply what is lacking to their brethren.
Original Hebrew ויהי1961 להם1992 בנחלתם5159 באר שׁבע884 ושׁבע7652 ומולדה׃4137
