John Gill Commentary Joshua 16:6

"and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah;" — Joshua 16:6 (ASV)

And the border went out towards the sea
The Mediterranean sea:

to Michmethah on the north side ;
of the border, the same on which Bethhoron was, from which the border proceeded on to this place, of which we have no other account but in (Joshua 17:7) ; by which it appears to have been near Shechem, and in sight of it;

and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh ;
this seems to be the same Jerom ^F5 calls Thenath in the tribe of Joseph; and who observes there was in his day a village of this name ten miles from Neapolis (or Shechem) to the east, as you go down to Jordan:

and passed by it on the east to Janohah :
which the above writer ^F6 wrongly calls Janon, and says, that in his time a village of this name was shown in the country of Acrabatena, twelve miles to the east from Neapolis or Shechem; the border passed by Taanath on the east of it, and went on this place.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C.
• F6: Ibid. fol. 92. I.