Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
Maon, Carmel,.... Maon was the dwelling place of Nabal the Carmelite, whose possessions were in Carmel, and were not far from one another, 1 Samuel 25:2. It gave name to a wilderness near where David hid himself from Saul, 1 Samuel 23:25; Jerom {p} places it to the east of Daroma, who also informs {q} us, that there was in his time a village that went by the name of Carmelia, ten miles from Hebron towards the east, and where was a Roman garrison.
and Ziph, according to the same writer {r}, was eight miles from Hebron to the east; and there was a village shown in his time where David was hid; this gave name to a wilderness also, 1 Samuel 23:14;
and Juttah, which Jerom calls {s} Jeshan, was in his time a large village of the Jews, eighteen miles from Eleutheropolis, to the southern part in Daroma. Reland {t} conjectures that this was the native place of John the Baptist; and that, instead of "a city of Judah", it should be read "the city Juta", Luke 1:39.
{p} De loc. Heb. fol. 93. E.
{q} lbid. fol. 92. C.
{r} Ibid. fol. 95. G.
{s} Ibid. fol. 92. I.
{t} Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 870.