These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,
We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Psa 68:27), that needed the protection of great Joseph, and yet had a better protector, for the Lord shall cover him all the day long, Deu 33:12.
Commenting on Joshua 18:11-28
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho,.... Which though destroyed, and not to be rebuilt as a city, was yet a place inhabited, and in future times was rebuilt, and in great splendour, and continued to the time of Christ; of which see Jos 2:1, and Bethhoglah, where or near to which was the threshing...
Now the cities - Some of these cities have been mentioned before, and described; of others we know nothing but the name.