Yehoshua 13:18

18 And Yahatz, and Kedemot, and Mephaat,

Yehoshua 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:18

And Jahazah
Called Jahaz, ( Numbers 21:23 ) , where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel:

and Kedemoth;
near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, ( Deuteronomy 2:26 ) ;

and Mephaath;
thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy ^F6; here Jerom says {g}, in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near. It was a city, with its suburbs, given to the Levites, as were the two preceding, ( Joshua 21:36 Joshua 21:37 ) ; Adrichomius ^F8 takes it to be the same with Malle, which, Josephus says, ^F9 was called the city of the strangers.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.
F7 De loc Heb. fol. 93. D.
F8 Theatrum Ter. Sanct. p. 179.
F9 Antiqu. l. 12. c. 8. sect. 3.

Yehoshua 13:18 In-Context

16 Territory to them from Aroer, that is on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain past Medevah;

17 Cheshbon, and all its towns that are in the plain; Divon, and Bamot-Baal, and Beit-Baal Me’on,

18 And Yahatz, and Kedemot, and Mephaat,

19 And Kiryatayim, and Sivmah, and Tzeret-HaShachar on the har in the valley,

20 And Beit-Peor, and slopes of Pisgah, and Beit HaYeshimot,