Joshua 15:61

In the wilderness. The last six cities listed for Judah are in the wilderness south of Jericho, west of the Dead Sea. The northernmost was Beth-arabah, on the Wadi Qelt (see on v. 6); the southernmost two — the City of Salt (probably Qumran), on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, and En-gedi, nearly halfway down the west shore (see on 1 Sam. 24:1). Listed between are three cities not certainly identified, perhaps the three ruin sites in the Valley of Achor, or el-Buqe‘ah (see on v. 7): Khirbet Abu Tabaq, Khirbet es-Samrah, Khirbet el-Maqari. En-gedi, “the fountain of the kid,” is still noted for its warm spring, and Khirbet Qumran is famous as the Essene center where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.