Joshua 11:8

and chased them The rout was complete, and the fugitives seem to have divided into three parts

(a) unto great Zidon One party took the road north-west over the mountains above the gorge of the Leontes "to Sidon," or, as it is distinguished here and in Joshua 19:28, "the great Sidon," as being the metropolis of Phœnicia. This it had ceased to be before the reign of David, by which time its sister city Tyre had eclipsed it in splendour, and taken the first place amongst the cities of Phœnicia. At the present day Sidon, Saida, is again larger than Tyre. The former contains 5000 or 6000 inhabitants and many large houses built of stone, whereas the present Sur is nothing but a market town, the houses of which are little more than huts.

(b) unto Misrephoth-maim A second party took the road, west, and south-west, to Mizrephoth-maim, which is interpreted either (i) as "the warm springs," or (ii) "the salt-pits," or (iii) "the smelting-pits by the waters," the glass-houses, of which there were several in the neighbourhood of Sidon.

(c) and unto the valley of Mizpeh A third party fled eastward unto the Buka'aor "valley" of Mizpeh at the foot of Hermon. The eastward direction is spoken of in reference to Sidon.

and they smote them But wherever they fled, they were hotly pursued by the Israelites, who captured their cities one by one, put the inhabitants to death, and carried away the booty and cattle.