And Keilah,.... The first of these is a well known city, which David saved from the hands of the Philistines, 1Sa 23:1, &c. In Jerom's time it was a little village to the east of Eleutheropolis, about eight miles from it, as you go to Hebron; in which was shown the sepulchre of the Prophet Habakkuk .
And Achzib is said to be on the borders of Asher, Jos 19:29, and is supposed the same with Chezib, Ge 38:5; and the Ecdippa of Josephus and others, and now called Zib; See Gill on "Mic 1:14";and Mareshah; Jerom says , only the ruins of it were to be seen two miles from Eleutheropolis:nine cities with their villages; which is just their number.
De loc. Heb. fol. 90. A. lbid. fol. 93.