Commentary for Sheviit 9:3

וְלָמָּה אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אוֹכְלִין בְּכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת עַד שֶׁיִּכְלֶה הָאַחֲרוֹן שֶׁבָּהּ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, לֹא אָמְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת אֶלָּא בִיהוּדָה. וּשְׁאָר כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת, כְּהַר הַמֶּלֶךְ. וְכָל הָאֲרָצוֹת, כְּאַחַת לַזֵּיתִים וְלַתְּמָרִים:

Why did they delineate three regions? For they would eat in each [region] until the last of its [produce] was finished. Rabbi Shimon says: there are three regions only in Judah. But the other regions are all considered as the king's hill. And all of the regions are considered the same regarding [the end time of] olives and dates.

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