Joshua 19:28
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
And Hebron,.... Hebron seems to be the same with Abdon,
Joshua 21:30; r and d being changed, of which there are other instances; and hereby this is distinguished from another Hebron in the tribe of Judah, more commonly known, Joshua 15:54;
and Rehob; in the time of Jerom {s}, there was a village called Rooba, four miles from Scythopolis, and which he says was a city separated to the Levites, as this was, or one of the same name in this tribe; for there was another, Joshua 19:30; see Joshua 21:31; but whether either of them is the same with this is not certain;
and Hammon; of this city we read nowhere else:
and Kanah; this Kanah is generally thought to be the same where Christ wrought his first miracle, John 2:1. Jerom expressly says {u}, there was a Cana in the tribe of Asher, where our Lord and Saviour turned water into wine, John 2:1, and from whence was Nathanael,
John 21:2; and it is at this day, adds he, a town in Galilee of the Gentiles. Phocas {w} places Cana between Sippori and Nazareth, which is now shown six Roman miles from Sippori to the west, a little inclining to the north; and there is also in the same tract Cephar Cana, four miles from Nazareth to the north, inclining to the east; and it is disputed which of these two is Cana of Galilee the New Testament: with this account agrees pretty much what our countryman Mr. Maundrell {x} gives of his travels in those parts:
"taking leave of Nazareth, (he says,) and going at first northward, we crossed the hills that encompassed the vale of Nazareth at that side; after which we turned to the westward, and passed in view of Cana of Galilee, the place signalized with the beginning of Christ's miracles, John 2:11; in an hour and a half more we came to Sepharia;''
or Sippori:
even unto great Zidon; of great Zidon, and why so called,
See Gill on "Joshua 11:8".
{s} De loc. Heb. fol. 94. A.
{u} Ibid. fol. 90. B.
{w} Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 680.
{x} Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 117.