All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; ¹  in addition there were a great many open villages. ² 

You will say, “I will invade ¹  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ²  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Ekron and its surrounding towns ¹  and settlements;

This is why the Jews who are in the rural country – those who live in rural cities – set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.

The houses of villages, however, ¹  which have no wall surrounding them ²  must be considered as the field ³  of the land; they will have the right of redemption and must revert in the jubilee.

Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) – a total of fourteen cities and their towns.

Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah – a total of sixteen cities and their towns.

Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah – a total of nine cities and their towns.

from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns;

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh – a total of eleven cities and their towns.

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah – a total of ten cities and their towns.

Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah – a total of two cities and their towns.

Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi – a total of six cities and their towns.

Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba – a total of twelve cities and their towns.

Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen – a total of thirteen cities and their towns,

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan – a total of four cities and their towns,

Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; ¹  in all they had twelve cities and their towns. ² 

Umah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all they had ¹  twenty-two cities and their towns.

Yiron, ¹  Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had ²  nineteen cities and their towns.

and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,