And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:59 belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. It is one detail in the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in Joshua 11-21. It is part of the account of the distribution of the land in Joshua 13 to 22, which is a geographical record that accurately describes property from written documents, in the book that records the history of the chosen people from their first occupation of the land of Canaan as a nation and is named for its leading character Joshua. It belongs to the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land that fills the book of Joshua after the account of Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. The division to which it belongs shows Israel's lack of faith and slowness to possess the land. That same division ends with the assurance that God did all He had promised and none of His good word failed.
Joshua 15:59 belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. It is one detail in the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in Joshua 11-21. It is part of the account of the distribution of the land in Joshua 13 to 22, which is a geographical record that accurately describes property from written documents, in the book that records the history of the chosen people from their first occupation of the land of Canaan as a nation and is named for its leading character Joshua. It belongs to the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land that fills the book of Joshua after the account of Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. The division to which it belongs shows Israel's lack of faith and slowness to possess the land. That same division ends with the assurance that God did all He had promised and none of His good word failed.