Verse 11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah ,.... Said to be in the land of Hemath, Jeremiah 52:9 , which, according to Jerom F24 Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.) , was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem understand by it Daphne, which was in the suburbs of Antioch; but this seems to be carrying the limits of the land too far: Jarchi remarks, that when the border goes from the north towards the south, it is said to go down:
on the east side of Ain ; a city in the tribe of Judah; according to Jerom F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F. now a village that goes by the name of Bethennim, two miles from the turpentine tree, that is, from the tent of Abraham or oak of Mamre, and four from Hebron:
and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward ; the same with the sea of Tiberius, and the sea of Gennesaret, frequently made mention of in the New Testament, and in Ezekiel 47:18 , called the east sea.
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