John Gill Commentary Numbers 34:11

"and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;" — Numbers 34:11 (ASV)

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah
Said to be in the land of Hemath, (Jeremiah 52:9), which, according to Jerom ^F24, was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem understand by it Daphne, which was in the suburbs of Antioch; but this seems to be carrying the limits of the land too far: Jarchi remarks, that when the border goes from the north towards the south, it is said to go down:

on the east side of Ain ;
a city in the tribe of Judah; according to Jerom ^F25 now a village that goes by the name of Bethennim, two miles from the turpentine tree, that is, from the tent of Abraham or oak of Mamre, and four from Hebron:

and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea
of Chinnereth eastward ;
the same with the sea of Tiberius, and the sea of Gennesaret, frequently made mention of in the New Testament, and in (Ezekiel 47:18), called the east sea.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.)
• F25: De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F.