And the border went out towards the sea,.... The Mediterranean sea:to Michmethah on the north side; of the border, the same on which Bethhoron was, from whence the border proceeded on to this place, of which we have no other account but in Jos 17:7; by which it appears to have been near Shechem, and in sight of it;and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh; this seems to be the same Jerom calls Thenath in the tribe of Joseph; and who observes there was in his day a village of this name ten miles from Neapolis (or Shechem) to the east, as you go down to Jordan:and passed by it on the east to Janohah: which the above writer wrongly calls Janon, and says, that in his time a village of this name was shown in the country of Acrabatena, twelve miles to the east from Neapolis or Shechem; the border passed by Taanath on the east of it, and went on this place.
De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C. Ibid. fol. 92.