Joshua 15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
And Keilah,.... The first of these is a well known city, which David saved from the hands of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 23:1, &c. In Jerom's time it was a little village to the east of Eleutheropolis, about eight miles from it, as you go to Hebron; in which was shown the sepulchre of the Prophet Habakkuk {b}.
and Achzib is said to be on the borders of Asher, Joshua 19:29, and is supposed the same with Chezib, Genesis 38:5; and the Ecdippa of Josephus and others, and now called Zib; See Gill on "Micah 1:14";
and Mareshah; Jerom says {c}, only the ruins of it were to be seen two miles from Eleutheropolis:
nine cities with their villages; which is just their number.
{b} De loc. Heb. fol. 90. A.
{c} lbid. fol. 93. E.