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Asher didn`t drive 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;
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Failure at Key Cities
Commentators identify the cities Asher failed to conquer as significant, strategic locations. They included Acco (a major seaport later known as Ptolemais) and Sidon (the powerful capital of Phoenicia). This was not a failure to mop up minor villages, but a failure to take key centers in their allotted territory.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. Accho, afterward called Ptolemais, now Akka or St. Jean d’Acre, is named here for the first time.
19th Century
Anglican
Neither did Asher. — See Joshua 19:24-31.
Accho. — The seaport so famous under the names of Ptolemais ([Re…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho The same with Ptolemais, (See Gill on Acts 21:7); so c…
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