Joshua 19:33
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
And their coast was from Heleph,.... That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:
from Allon to Zaanannim; or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim {d}; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, Judges 4:11.
and Adami, Nekeb; some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists {e} make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, Joshua 3:16; as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; See Gill on "Joshua 3:16":
and Jabneel; Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, Joshua 15:11; and is called by the Jews {f} since Cepherjamah;
unto Lakum; of which we nowhere else read:
and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan; here the coast ended this way.
{d} "Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator.
{e} T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.
{f} T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.