And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Bethanath, and Beth-she'mesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Iron, [Septuagint, Kerooe]. Van de Velde, who carefully explored the northern districts of Palestine, found Iron in the ruins at Yarun, an hours distance southeast of Bint-jebeil. Migdal-el - tower of God: Magdala of the Gospel history, now Mejdel, on the western coast of the sea of Galilee, not far from Tiberias (Robinson, 'Biblical Researches,' 3:, p 279; Van de Velde, 2: pp. 394, 395).
Horem - now Hhurah, or Hhorah, an extensive ruin (Van de Velde, 1:, p. 178).
Beth-anath - now represented by the village Ain-ata.
Beth-shemesh. This city is mentioned also (Judges 1:33) in connection with Beth-anath.