to Gittah-hepher From Japhia the border ran still in an easterly direction, "toward the rising of the sun," "to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and went out unto Remmon, which stretches to Neah."

Gittah-hepher or Gath-hepher, was not far from Yâfa, and has been identified with the modern el-Meshhad, about five miles from Nazareth on the north-east. It is celebrated as the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25).

Ittah-kazin is unknown.

Remmon-methoar See the margin here, "which is drawn;" it means that the border went out unto Remmon, which is "marked off to," or "stretched out to" Neah. Remmon or Rimmon is marked on Mr Grove's map at Rummâneh, about seven miles to the north of Nazareth. See Robinson's Bib. Res. iii. 195. Neah has not yet been identified.

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