Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho. The name Accho was for a time superseded by the Greek form of Ptolemais, which is now forgotten, and the place goes by the name of Akka.
Ahlab, [Septuagint, Dalaf] - supposed (Reland, 'Palaestina,' pp, 813-817) to be Gushe Halab, the Greek Giscala which has been identified by Robinson with el-Jish, near Safed, in the mountainous region northwest of the sea of Galilee ('Biblical Researches,' 3:, p. 368).
Achzib, [Septuagint, Aschazees] - afterward Ecdippa (Josephus, 'Jewish Wars,' b. 1:, ch. 13:, sec. 4), now Es-zib, a small hamlet situated on a rising ground close to the seaside (Porter, 'Handbook,' p. 389).
Helbah, [Septuagint, Chebda] - probably situated on the plain of Phoenicia; but not yet ascertained.
Aphik = Aphek [Septuagint, Nai, or Nafek]. It must not be confounded with Aphik, now Tik, east of Jordan.
Rehob. From its connection with Aphik, it is probably that referred to in Joshua 19:30. Since it is here imputed to the Asherites as a fault that they did not expel the Canaanite population of the maritime towns specified, there cannot be a clearer refutation than this passage furnishes of Michaelis' theory, formerly adverted to, that the border of Israel was not to extend to the coast, but that Phoenicia was to remain untouched in the possession of its commercial occupiers. He himself acknowledges this statement to be fatal to his views, and yet he labours to support then by alleging the words "inhabitants of Zidon" to be an interpolation. But for this conjecture there is no warrant whatever.