Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 1:31

"Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;" — Judges 1:31 (ASV)

Neither did Asher. — See Joshua 19:24-31.

Accho. — The seaport so famous under the names of Ptolemais (Acts 21:7), Acre, and St. Jean d’Acre (now Acca). Josephus called it Ako (Antiquities of the Jews 9.14.2).

Zidon. — (Joshua 11:8) Asher never succeeded in conquering Zidon, which was the capital of Phoenicia, though eclipsed by its neighbour Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11; Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 27; Jeremiah 47; Matthew 11:22, etc.). It is now called Saida.

Ahlab. — An unknown town.

Achzib. — (See Joshua 19:29.) Better known as Ecdippa (Josephus, The Jewish War 1.13.4), the modern Zib, about nine miles north of Akka. There was a less well-known Achzib in Judah (Chezib) —Genesis 38:5; Micah 1:14; Joshua 15:44.

Helbah. — The name is rendered the coast in Joshua 19:29. The site is unknown.

Aphik. — The Aphek of Joshua 19:30, now Afka (Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine, 3:606). The name means “strength.” It was famous for a Temple of Venus, destroyed by Constantine (Eusebius, Life of Constantine). There seems to have been another Aphek near Hebron (Joshua 12:18).

Rehob. — A Levitical city (Joshua 21:31; 1 Chronicles 6:75).