Ver. 3. And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west— Among the Canaanites, properly so called, those of the east are they who dwelt along-side of the Jordan, south of the lake of Gennesareth; and the Canaanites of the west, those who dwelt on the Mediterranean coast. See Numbers 13:29. Bishop Clayton, in his Chronology of the Hebrew text, p. 66, &c. shews, that the land of the Canaanites, properly so called, was the country where Canaan had settled, from the territories of Hazor on the north, even unto Sichem on the south; Genesis 12:6 and, according to this writer, it was bounded on the east by the Jordan, with the lakes Semechon and Gennesareth; on the west by the Mediterranean from Sidon to Dor; on the north by a line which crossed from Sidon to Jordan, by Hamath; and on the south by the mountains which lay south of Cinneroth, or Gennesareth. Perhaps Jabin was the chief king of the whole country; at least, in Joshua 4:24 he is called king of Canaan.
And to the Hivite under Hermon, &c.— The Hivites dwelt at the foot of mount Hermon, which lay to the north-east of the land of Canaan. Hence, as Bochart observes, they are called Kadmonites, Genesis 15:19 that is to say, Orientals. See Phaleg. l. iv. c. 36. and Canaan, l. i. c. 19. There were several cities of the name of Mizpeh. We meet with one in the tribe of Judah, ch. Joshua 15:38 a second in the tribe of Benjamin, ch. Joshua 18:26 a third beyond Jordan, in the tribe of Gad; and a fourth also beyond that river, in the half tribe of Manasseh. The last gave its name to the adjacent territories; and it is that, and the country about it, of which we are now speaking. See Wells's Geog. vol. 2: p. 215.