And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
The verse belongs to the first of the twelve historical books, which records the history of the chosen people from their first occupation of the land of Canaan as a nation to the return from the captivity. The book containing it is named for Joshua, who wrote part of it. It stands in chapters 13 to 22, which give the distribution of the land and derive from written documents in which the property was accurately described. By contrast the first twelve chapters reflect an eyewitness who took part in the events, as shown by the first-person plural reference to we being passed over in Joshua 5:1 and by the vivid circumstantial detail of the narrative.
It lists Gederah among the cities allotted to Judah, as one of eleven mountain cities in Judah's allotment. It is part of the record of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, which also shows Israel's lack of faith and slowness in possessing it. It belongs to the account of conquering the Canaanites and dividing the land that comes after the lesson of Achan's sin and its consequences.
The verse belongs to the first of the twelve historical books, which records the history of the chosen people from their first occupation of the land of Canaan as a nation to the return from the captivity. The book containing it is named for Joshua, who wrote part of it. It stands in chapters 13 to 22, which give the distribution of the land and derive from written documents in which the property was accurately described. By contrast the first twelve chapters reflect an eyewitness who took part in the events, as shown by the first-person plural reference to we being passed over in Joshua 5:1 and by the vivid circumstantial detail of the narrative.
It lists Gederah among the cities allotted to Judah, as one of eleven mountain cities in Judah's allotment. It is part of the record of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, which also shows Israel's lack of faith and slowness in possessing it. It belongs to the account of conquering the Canaanites and dividing the land that comes after the lesson of Achan's sin and its consequences.