Joshua 11:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Canaanites on the east and on the west The Canaanites, properly so called, lived part of them on the east, near Jordan, and part on the west, near the sea, and both are here united. And to the Amorite, &c. There were other Amorites scattered up and down the country, besides those who were subject to the five kings mentioned in the preceding chapter, Joshua 11:5, who were all now assembled by Jabin, together with the rest of the Hittites and Perizzites, who were in several parts of the country, that they might form as powerful an army as could be raised. The Jebusite in the mountains About Jerusalem, where they kept a strong hold, till the time of David. The Hivite under Hermon On the north of Canaan, whereby they were distinguished from those Hivites who lived in Gibeon. In the land of Mizpeh That Mizpeh which was in the northern part of Gilead. But there were other cities called by that name; for as it signifies a watchtower, or watching-place, it is no wonder that several places of good prospect should be so named.