Luke 1:39
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the ihill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Ἀναστᾶσα δὲ Μαριὰμ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν μετὰ σπουδῆς, εἰς πόλιν Ἰούδα,
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Joshua 15:48-15:59 48. ¶And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49. And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, 50. And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51. And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52. Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53. And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 54. And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 55. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 56. And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 57. Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 58. Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59. And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
Joshua 20:7 ¶And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Joshua 21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
Luke 1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
Ver. 39,40. Many think that this city where this Zacharias lived was Hebron, before called Kirjatharba, Jos 14:15, for that was a city in the mountainous part of Judah, one of the cities of refuge, and belonging to the priests, Jos 20:7; but whether it was so or not cannot be certainly determined. She probably went not only to rejoice with Elisabeth her kinswoman, but also to strengthen her own faith as to the revelation which she had received, finding that true which the angel had told her concerning her cousin Elisabeth.