Aner] Read probably Taanach, as in vii. 29; Joshua xxi. 25; Judges v. 19. Taanach was situated in the plain of Esdraelon, some four miles south of Megiddo.
Bileam] read Ibleam, compare Judges i. 27; 2 Kings ix. 27. In Joshua xxi. 25, Gath-rimmon, an error of dittography.
for the rest ... Kohath] a fragment of Joshua xxi. 26.
71–76 (= Joshua xxi. 27–32).
The thirteen cities of the sons of Gershom.
⁷¹Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
71. Golan] a city of refuge, Joshua xxi. 27. The name of this city is still preserved in Jolan (Jaulan), the name of a district east of Jordan extending from Hermon to the Jarmuk.
Ashtaroth] mentioned with Edrei in Joshua ix. 10 as the capital of Og, king of Bashan. The name testifies to the worship of Ashtoreth.
⁷²and out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs;
72. Kedesh] Read Kishion with Joshua xxi. 28 (so Joshua xix. 20).
Daberath] the modern Dabūriyeh at the foot of Mount Tabor.