Ver. 8. Israel—smote them, and chased them unto Great Zidon— Zidon is called great; not because there was a smaller, but on account of its extent and opulence. This city was founded by a son of Canaan, and lay northeast of the Holy Land. See Genesis 10:15.
Mizrephoth-maim— Some make this to be a city; others a spot where there arose some hot springs; and others, a place noted for ditches, where the heat of the sun prepared and produced salt. Calmet supposes it was a city, the same with Sarepta, not far from Zidon. Masius conjectures it to have been a place where there stood furnaces for the manufactory of glass, from the sand of the river Belus.