Verse 20
20. Ijon “At the base of the mountains of Naphtali, a few miles northwest of the city of Dan, is a fertile and beautiful plain called Merj Ayun, (the Arabic word Ayun, though different in meaning, is radically identical with the Hebrew עיון ,) and near its northern end is a large mound, called Tell Dibbin. The writer visited it some years ago, and found there the traces of a strong and ancient city. This, in all probability, is the site of the long lost Ijon.” J.L. Porter. The spot was visited in 1852 by Robinson, who regarded it as the site of the ancient Ijon, and described it as “a noble site for a city, overlooking, as it does, the whole plain of the Merj, and commanding one of the great roads between the seacoast and the interior. Unmistakable traces likewise show that in very ancient times the place was occupied by a city.”
Dan See on Judges 18:29. Here Jeroboam had erected one of his golden calves. 1 Kings 12:29.
Abel-bethmaachah See on 2 Samuel 20:14.
All Chinneroth This was probably a district lying in the territory of Naphtali, and adjoining the sea of Galilee, which was anciently called the sea of Cinneroth. See at Numbers 34:11; Joshua 12:3. It may have taken its name either from the sea or from some city. See on Joshua 11:2.
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