Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 34:3

3 And the south , and the plain of the valley of Jericho , the city of palm-trees , unto Zoar.

(i. e.) The south quarter of the land of Iudah, which is towards the salt sea, which is described Num. 34. 3, 4, 5. Ios. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4. as the western quarter of Iudah was described in the words next foregoing.

Or, in which lies Iericho: which was in the Tribe of Benjamin.

(i. e.) Iericho, so called both here and Iudg. 1. 16. and 3. 13. 2 Chron. 28. 15. from the multitude of Palm-trees which were in those parts, as Iosephus and Stra[illegible: 1+ letters] write. From whence and the balm there growing it was called Iericho, which signifies, odoriserous or sweet smelling.