and they smote The places smitten were all in the extreme north of Israel.

Ijon The city cannot be identified, but the name is preserved in Merj -Iyûn, a table-land north of the Jordan valley. Bädeker, pp. 296, 7.

Abel-maim In 1 Kin., "Abel-beth-maacah"; cp. 2 Samuel 20:14-15. No doubt the two names designate one place.

all the store cities In 1 Kin., "all Cinneroth" (i.e. the district west of the Sea of Galilee). As this was a very fruitful district, the "store cities," of the Chronicler may be only another name for it.

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