Joshua 16:8

“The border went out from Tappuah westward, etc.] Which was different from the Tappuah in the tribe of Judah, (<061534>Joshua 15:34); this was in the tribe of Ephraim on the border of Manasseh, (<061708>Joshua 17:8); unto the river Kanah; supposed by some to be the brook Cherith, by which Elijah hid himself, (<111703>1 Kings 17:3,5); though objected to by others; it seems to have had its name from the reeds which grew in it, or on the banks of it: and the goings out thereof were at the sea; if the river Kanah was the brook Cherith, this must be the dead or salt sea: but that is never called “the sea”, rather the Mediterranean sea is meant, and consequently Kanah could not be Cherith, which…”

“from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah--It is retraced from east to west, to describe the prospective and intended boundary, which was to reach to the sea. Kanah ("reedy") flows into the Mediterranean.”

“From the abrupt manner in which the statements are introduced, as well as from their imperfect character, there is probability in the conjecture that some words have, in these verses, fallen out of the text. Few of the places are known for certain. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Tappuah: Jos 12:17, Jos 17:8 river Kanah: Jos 17:9, Jos 19:28 the sea: Jos 16:3-6; Num 34:6 Joshua 16:9”

“The western half of the northern boundary went from Tappuah westwards to the Cane-brook, and terminated at the sea. Tappuah, called En-tappuah in Jos 17:7, as the southern boundary of Manasseh, which is there described, and which ran from Michmethah to En-tappuah, coincides with the northern boundary of Ephraim, must not be identified with the royal town of that name mentioned in Jos 12:17, and therefore was not Kefr Kud (Capercota), on the west of Jenin (Gina). This place was so far to the north, viz., seven hours to the north of Nabulus, that the boundary from Michmethah, in the neighbourhood of Shechem (Nabulus) onwards, would have run from south to north instead of in a westerly…”