‘ And turned from Sarid eastward, toward the east to the border of Chisloth-tabor, and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. And from there it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to (or ‘as it bends towards') Neah. And the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon, and its goings out were at the valley of Iphtah-el.'
Chisloth-tabor (‘the flanks of Tabor') is probably related to Chesulloth, an Issachar border town in the plain west of Tabor (Joshua 19:18) and to modern Iksal. Daberath, another Issachar border town (Joshua 21:8; 1 Chronicles 6:72), is usually identified with the ruins near the modern village of Deburiyeh at the foot of Mount Tabor. Japhia must lie in a northerly direction from Daberath and cannot therefore be Yafa as suggested by some.
From Japhia the border went eastward to Gath-hepher (‘winepress of digging') on the border of Naphtali, the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25). It can be identified with Khirbet ez-Zurra‘ and nearby el-Meshhed, five kilometres (three miles) north east of Nazareth. Then it went on to Eth-kazin which is unknown. Rimmon is possibly modern Rummaneh, ten kilometres (six miles) north north east of Nazareth. Neah is unknown.
The border now turned westward to Hannathon, which is possibly to be identified with ‘Hinaton in the land of Canaan' in the Amarna letters. Some identify it with Tell el-Bedeiwiyeh. It finishes at the valley of Iphtah-el, possibly the Wadi el-Malik. The westward border is not given although Zebulun was bordered by Asher. We do not know whether it had access to the sea.