Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 13:4

4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites . and [illegible: 1+ letters] Mearah , that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek , to the border of the Amorite :

i. e. From those Southern parts of the Sea-coast, now possessed by the Philistines, all the more Northern parts of the Sea-Coast being yet inhabited by the Canaanites, almost as far as Sidon, as it here follows. For there is no mention made of any Conquests of Ioshua upon the Sea-Coast: The Canaanites, properly so called, are said to awell by the Sea, Numb. 13. 29. and these are here spoken of, though some of them dwelt in other parts of the Land.

A strong place, it matters not whether it was a City, or an Impregnable Cave, which some Writers mention to be in those parts.

Not that of Iudea, of which Ios. 15. 53. but another in the Tribe of Aser, of which Ios. 12. 18. Iudg. 1. 31.

The Amorites were a strong and very numerous people, and we find them dispersed in several parts, some within Iordan and some without it; some in the South and others in the North, of whom he speaks here.

Marginal references: ‡ Or, the Cave.