Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Numbers 13:21
21-24. So they . . . searched the land—They advanced from south to north, reconnoitering the whole land. the wilderness of Zin—a long level plain, or deep valley of sand, the monotony of which is relieved by a few tamarisk and rethem trees. Under the names of El Ghor and El Araba, it forms the continuation of the Jordan valley, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba. Rehob—or, Beth-rehob, was a city and district situated, according to some, eastward of Sidon; and, according to others,... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 13:21
Numbers 13:21. From the Wilderness of Zin, &c.— Not that which is called the Wilderness of Sin, Exo 16:1 for that lay near to Egypt, south-west of Canaan; but this was a wilderness on the south-east of Canaan, not far from Kadesh Barnea, chap. Numbers 34:3.Joshua 1:3; Joshua 1:3. Rehob was a city in the north of Canaan near the sea coast, not far from Zidon, which fell to the lot of the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:28. Hamath, afterwards called Epiphania, was not far from Rehob, and bounded... read more