Joshua 19:27

And turneth towards the sunrising ,.... Or eastward:

to Bethdagon ; there was a city of this name in the tribe of Judah; see Gill on Joshua 15:41 . Dagon, being a god of the Phoenicians, had temples built for him in various places in Canaan:

and reacheth to Zebulun ; not the tribe of Zebulun, but a city so called, the same Josephus F15 De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 18. sect. 9. calls a strong city of Galilee, which had the name of Men, perhaps from the populousness of it, and separated Ptolemais from Judea:

and to the valley of Jiphthahel ; see Joshua 19:14 ,

toward the north side of Bethemek ; of Bethemek no mention is made elsewhere: perhaps here was an idol temple before dedicated to the god of the valleys; see 1 Kings 20:28 ,

and Neiel ; which the Greek version calls Inael, of which Jerom says F16 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. I. , it is a certain village called Betoaenea, fifteen miles from Caesarea, situated on a mountain to the east, on which are said to be wholesome baths:

and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand ; not the land of Cabul, 1 Kings 9:13 ; but a city, which Josephus F17 Vita ejus, sect. 43. calls a village on the borders of Ptolemais. The Jews F18 Echa Rabbati, fol. 75. 4. speak of a city of this name, destroyed because of contentions in it.