John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And the border shall go on to Ziphron , etc.] Which in the Jerusalem Targum is called Zapherin; and Jerom says, that in his time this city was called Zephyrium, a town in Cilicia; but this seems to be at too great a distance: and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan ; which was the utmost of the northern border, and so it is in ( Ezekiel 47:17) and there called the border of Damascus: Reland takes it to be the same with Enhazor, a city in the tribe of Naphtali, ( Joshua 19:37), the words only inverted: this shall be your northern border : from the Mediterranean sea to Hazarenan in Naphtali.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-15 - Canaan was of small extent; as it is here bounded, it is but about 16 miles in length, and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the countr promised to the father of the faithful, and the possession of the see of Israel. This was that little spot of ground, in which alone, for many ages, God was known. This was the vineyard of the Lord, the garde enclosed; but as it is with gardens and vineyards, the narrowness of the space was made up by the fruitfulness of the soil. Though the eart is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, yet few know him, and serv him; but those few are happy, because fruitful to God. Also, see ho little a share of the world God gives to his own people. Those who have their portion in heaven, have reason to be content with a smal pittance of this earth. Yet a little that a righteous man has, havin it from the love of God, and with his blessing, is far better and mor comfortable than the riches of many wicked. (Nu 34:16-29)
Original Hebrew ויצא3318 הגבל1366 זפרנה2202 והיו1961 תוצאתיו8444 חצר עינן2704 זה2088 יהיה1961 לכם גבול1366 צפון׃6828
