And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
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Gill's Exposition
And came to the strong hold of Tyre,.... That is, old Tyre, which stood thirty furlongs from new Tyre, the island (y); of which See Gill on Isa 23:1; this must be understood of the parts near unto it;…
Barnes' Notes
The strong hold of Tyre - “The fenced city,” as it is generally rendered throughout the historical books. The cities of the Hivites - Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim, and perhaps…
Adam Clarke
The strong hold of Tyre - This must have been the old city of Tyre, which was built on the main land: the new city was built on a rock in the sea.
Cambridge Bible
the strong hold of Tyre The same term generally rendered fenced cityin the E. V. is applied to Tyre in Jos 19:29, where Tyre is named among the places on the border of Asher. Like Zidon it was never…
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