Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
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Gill's Exposition
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho,.... The same with Ptolemais; see Gill on Act 21:7; so called from the first Ptolemy king of Egypt, who enlarged it; but it has since recovered its…
Barnes' Notes
Compare the marginal reference. Accho, afterward called Ptolemais, now Akka or St. Jean d’Acre, is named here for the first time.
We are here told upon what terms the rest of the tribes stood with the Canaanites that remained.
I. Benjamin neglected to drive the Jebusites out of that part of the city of Jerusalem which fell to…
Cambridge Bible
Asher dwelt in a productive strip of country (Gen 49:20), extending northwards from Carmel along the sea-coast (Jdg 5:17) to Phoenicia; P indicates the boundaries in Jos 19:24-31, but not many of the…