And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Dan brought up the rear in the wilderness, yet Providence set him last in Canaan, on a dangerous frontier against the Philistines. It was a post fit for his strength, and Samson proved it so. He won some cities by lot and others by his own valour and industry.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 19:40-48
And Shaalabbin,.... The first of these is the same with Shaalbim, Jdg 1:35; and which Jerom (r) calls Selab, in the tribe of Dan; and which he says was in his day shown a large village on the borders of Sebaste, by the name of Selaba.
OF DAN. (Jos 19:40-48) the seventh lot came out for the tribe . . . Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.
Commenting on Joshua 19:40-48