Joshua 15:33-47

Joshua 15:33-47

[33] And in the valley,  Eshtaol,  and Zoreah,  and Ashnah,  [34] And Zanoah,  and Engannim,  Tappuah,  and Enam,  [35] Jarmuth,  and Adullam,  Socoh,  and Azekah,  [36] And Sharaim,  and Adithaim,  and Gederah,  and Gederothaim;  fourteen  cities  with their villages:  [37] Zenan,  and Hadashah,  and Migdalgad,  [38] And Dilean,  and Mizpeh,  and Joktheel,  [39] Lachish,  and Bozkath,  and Eglon,  [40] And Cabbon,  and Lahmam,  and Kithlish,  [41] And Gederoth,  Bethdagon,  and Naamah,  and Makkedah;  sixteen  cities  with their villages:  [42] Libnah,  and Ether,  and Ashan,  [43] And Jiphtah,  and Ashnah,  and Nezib,  [44] And Keilah,  and Achzib,  and Mareshah;  nine  cities  with their villages:  [45] Ekron,  with her towns  and her villages:  [46] From Ekron  even unto the sea,  all that lay near  Ashdod,  with their villages:  [47] Ashdod  with her towns  and her villages,  Gaza  with her towns  and her villages,  unto the river  of Egypt,  sea,  and the border  thereof:

What does Joshua 15:33-47 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The Shephelah (lowland) was the area between the Coastal Plain to the west and the hill country of Judah to the east. The Negev lay to its south. The writer grouped the towns in this area also. He named14towns in the northern part of the Shephelah ( Joshua 15:33-36): 16 in the northwest ( Joshua 15:37-41), nine in the south ( Joshua 15:42-44), and three in the southwest ( Joshua 15:45-47).