1 Chronicles 13:5

from Shihor of Egypt R.V. from Shihor the brook of Egypt. Shihor(spelt elsewhere wrongly in A.V., Sihor) was the name of the brook (now wâdy el Arish) which divided Palestine from Egypt (Joshua 13:3; Joshua 15:4; Jeremiah 2:18).

the entering of Hemath R.V. the entering in of Hamath. Hamath(now Hama) is on the Orontes. The entering in of Hamathis to be identified with the Beḳâ-a, a broad valley between Lebanon and Anti-Libanus watered by the Orontes (Bädeker, pp. 305, 376). It is mentioned as on the northern frontier of Israel in Joshua 13:5 and elsewhere.