Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings
out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Ephraim by their families.
The western half of the northern boundary went from Tappuah westwards to the Canebrook,
and terminated at the sea. Tappuah , called En-tappuah in Josh 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 Josh 12:17, and
therefore was not Kefr Kud ( Capercota ), on the west of Jenin (Ginäa). 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 direction. Still less can En-tappuah be
found, as Van de Velde supposes, in the old well of the deserted village of Atüf , five
hours to the east of Nabulus. It must have been to the west of Shechem; but it has not
yet been discovered, as the country to the west of Nabulus and Sebastieh has "not been
examined" ( Van de Velde ). The Cane-brook is no doubt the brook of that name
mentioned by Bohad. ( vita Salad. pp. 191, 193); only it is not quite clear "whether the
Abu Zabura is intended, or a brook somewhat farther
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