Charles Ellicott Commentary Joshua 19:25-29

"And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon; and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib;" — Joshua 19:25-29 (ASV)

Their border. —The border of Asher on the west is the Mediterranean. On the east of Asher lies the tribe of Naphtali, but most of the towns named in these verses lie well within the territory of Asher. The northern end of the territory of this tribe lies beyond the limits of the Ordnance Survey, for it reaches unto great Zidon (Joshua 19:28). The southern boundary is said to be Carmel (Joshua 19:26), but no town is identified south of Cabul (Kabûl, south-east of Akkah, sheet 5).

The towns identified are as follows:—

• El B’aneh, EL-Yasif or Kefr Yasif (sheet 3).
• Khurbet-el-Amûd, and M’aîsleh (? Kh.-Muslih) (sheet 3).
• Shihor-libnath (river of glass), the river Belus (sheet 5).
• Beth-dagon (Tell-’ Daûk), near the mouth of the Belus.
• Neiel. —(Y’Arûn, sheet 5).
• Cabul. —(Kabûl, south-east of Akkah, sheet 5).
• Hebron. —(Abdon, Kh.-Abdeh, sheet 3). Hammon (El Hama, sheet 3).
• Kanah (south-east of Tyre, sheet 1).
• Tyre. —(es-Sûr, sheet 1). Hosah (‘Ozziyeh, sheet 1). Achzib (es-Zib, sheet 3, on the coast). (See Joshua 15:44 for another place of the same name.) Ummah (Kh.-Almah, north of Achzib).