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  • WEB World English Bible

    Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

  • KJV King James Version

    And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim;

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Janum,.... Under the word "Janum", Jerom writes (l),…

And Janum,.... Under the word "Janum", Jerom writes (l), there is a village called Janua, three miles from Legion to the south, but seems not to be what is written:

and Bethtappuah is by Jerom called Bethaphu (m), and said to be a village in the tribe of Judah, fourteen miles beyond Raphia, as you go to Egypt, which is the border of Palestine:

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and Aphekah; Jerom speaks (n) of a large castle in his time called Apheca, near the town of Palestine; there were several places of the name of Aphek; See Gill on Jos 12:18. As for Bethtappuah, it seems to be a place which was dedicated to a deity to which apples were sacred, in memory of the apple by which mankind was seduced; there was in later times a goddess called Pomona from hence.

(l) De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I. (m) Ibid. fol. 89. F. (n) Ibid. fol. 88. D.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 50. Anab is still existing northwest of Socoh, without…
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