John Gill Commentary Joshua 19:33

"And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan;" — Joshua 19:33 (ASV)

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 ^F4 ; 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 ^F5 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 ^F6 since Cepherjamah;

unto Lakum ;
of which we nowhere else read:

and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan ;
here the coast ended this way.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: "Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator.
• F5: T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.
• F6: T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.