‘ Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob.'
These cities were mainly in the plain of Acco. Rehob means ‘open place, market place' and is mentioned in a list of Raamses II placing it in the southern part of the plain. Aphik (Aphek - Joshua 19:30) means ‘fortress'. A number of cities went by the name. Achzib was a harbour town. It is probable that Zidon refers to the inhabitants in the area below the city of Zidon, for Zidon itself was not a part of their inheritance (Joshua 18:28). Their borders reached to Tyre and Zidon but did not include them.