hedgia
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
GEDEROTHAIM occurs in Jos_15:36 as one of the fourteen cities of Judah that lay in the Shephçlah. There are, however, fourteen cities without it, and it is probable that the name has arisen by dittography from the preceding Gederah. The subterfuge of the AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] Gederah or Gederothaim is not permissible.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gederotha'im. (two sheepfolds). A town in the low country of Judah, Jos_15:36, named next, in order, to Gederah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ged-ē̇-rō̇-thā?im (גּדרתים, gedhērōthayim, ?place of enclosures?): Stands as the 15th in a list which professes to give only the names of 14 cities in the Judean Shephelah (Jos_15:36). the King James Version margin suggests that we might read ?or? for ?and? after Gederah, but this is impossible. Septuagint reads, ?and its cattle shelters.? Probably, however, the name has arisen by dittography from the preceding GEDERAH (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Gederothaim
(Heb. Gederotha'yim, גְּדֵרוֹתִיַם, two folds SEE GEDER; Sept. omits, but some copies translate αἱ ἐπαύλεις αὐτῆς, Vulgate Gederothaim), the name of a town in the plain of Judah (Jos_15:36), mentioned in connection with GEDERAH SEE GEDERAH (q.v.); where, probably, instead of rendering the copulative ו"and," we should (with the margin) translate it "or," since otherwise there would be 15 instead of 14 cities enumerated, as stated in the text. So Schwarz (Palest. page 103), who, however, confounds it with Gederoth, and even with the Gazara (q.v.) of the Apocrypha (see Reland, Palaest. page 778).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.