John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:46
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon ,.... Of the two first of these we read no where else. with the border before Japho ; Japho is the same with Joppa, now called at this day Jaffa, a port in the Mediterranean sea, famous for being the place where Jonah took shipping; see Gill on Jonah 1:3 ; and where the Apostle Peter resided some time; see Gill on Acts 9:36 ; and See Gill on Acts 9:38 . It is not certain whether Joppa itself was in the tribe of Dan, or only on the borders of it; the coast... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:40-48
Dan, though commander of one of the four squadrons of the camp of Israel, in the wilderness, that which brought up the rear, yet was last provided for in Canaan, and his lot fell in the southern part of Canaan, between Judah on the east and the land of the Philistines on the west, Ephraim on the north and Simeon on the south. Providence ordered this numerous and powerful tribe into a post of danger, as best able to deal with those vexatious neighbours the Philistines, and so it was found in... read more