26. to Carmel . . . and to Shihor-libnath —that is, the "black" or "muddy river"; probably the Nahr Belka, below Dor (Tantoura); for that town belonged to Asher ( Joshua 17:10 ). Thence the boundary line turned eastward to Beth-dagon, a town at the junction of Zebulun and Naphtali, and ran northwards as far as Cabul, with other towns, among which is mentioned ( Joshua 17:10- : ) "great Zidon," so called on account of its being even then the flourishing metropolis of the Phoelignicians. Though included in the inheritance of Asher, this town was never possessed by them ( Judges 1:31 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"
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