No  doubt  the  phrase  arose  from  the  custom  of  always
encamping  on  nills  when  it  was  possible  to  do  so.
In  the  mountain^  and  in  the  south,  and  in  the
TaUey. — These  are  tbvee  marked  regions  of  Palestine
— the  "  hill-conntry  "  {hoL^Bar^  Josh.  ix.  1),  in  which  were
Hebron  and  Debir  (Terses  10, 11);  the  south  or  Negeb
(Joah.  XT.  21),  in  which  were  Arad  and  2iephath;  and
the  Talley,  or  rather  low  lands  (Shephelah,  «fosh.  xi.  16,
XT.  33),  in  which  were  the  three  j?hilistian  towns  of  Graza,
Aakelon,  and  Ekron  (verse  18).  The- Har  is  the  central
or  highland  district  of  Palestine,  which  runs  through
the  mole  length  of  the  country,  broken  only  by  the
plain  of  Jesreel.  The  Negeb,  deriTed  from  a  root
whieh  means  "dry,"  was  the  region  mainly  oeeupied
by  the  ^be  of  Simeon.  The  Shephelah,  or  low
maritime  plains  (of  whieh  the  root  is  perhaps  also
found  in  Hi-SjMlie,  Seville — see  Staalej,  Sin.  and  Pal.
485),  is  Palestine  proper.  i.e.,  tlie  region  of  PhiHstia,
the  sea-coast  south  ox  the  Plain  of  Sharon.  In  the
S.y.  the  name  is  sometimes  rendered  as  here,  "the
TaUey"  (Deut  i.  7 ;  Josh.  ix.  1,  ^.),  sometimes  we  find
it  as  "the  plain*'  (Obad.  19,^.),  or  "the  low  plains"
(1  Ghron.  xxviL  28).
(10)  That  dwelt  in  Hebron.-*See  Josh.  x.  36,  37.
Hebron  is  midway  between  Jerusalem  and  Beersheba,
mad  twenty  miles  mm  either.  The  first  name  of  the  city,
which  is  one  of  the  most  ancient  in  the  world  (Num.
