and then the coast turneth to Ramah Having reached Zidon by Kanah, the boundary bent southward by Ramah, and so turned to the "strong," or "fortified city" of Tyre. Robinson would identify Ramah with Rameh, south-east of Tyre, on a solitary hill in the midst of a basin of green fields, and surrounded by greater heights (Bib. Res. iii. 63).

the strong city Tyre "The most strengthened citie Tyruns" (Wyclif) here alluded to is not the island of Tyre, but the city standing on the mainland, now Sûr.

turneth to Hosah From Tyre the border turned toward Hosah, the site of which is unknown, and finally ran towards the sea in the region of Achzib, the modern es-Zib, on the sea-shore, little more than two hours from Acre. The Canaanites, we are told (Judges 1:31), were afterwards not expelled from it by the tribe of Asher, and in classical times it was known as Ecdippa. It is to be noted that both the fortified city Tyre and great Zidon were included in Asher's inheritance, but no effort was made by the Israelites to obtain possession of these Phœnician cities.

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