and were to be found in the land of Canaan, and particularly in the tribe of Asher, as seems from De 33:25 and more particularly at Sidon and Sarepta, which were in that tribe; the latter of which seems to have its name from the melting of metals there, and the former is said in Homer to abound with brass.
ek men sidwnov polucalkou. Homer. Odyss. 15. l.