Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;" — Joshua 19:14 (ASV)
Hannathon, more properly Channathon, has been supposed by some to be the Cana of Galilee of the New Testament, and Jiphthah-el is probably the present “Jefat”—the “Jotapata” of Roman times, which was so long and valiantly defended by Josephus against the legions of Vespasian. The “Valley” is the “Wady Abilin”; and Bethlehem (Joshua 19:15) is the present miserable village of “Beit-Lahin.”