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<p>The lot of Asher lay upon the coast of the great sea. We read not of any famous person of this tribe but Anna the prophetess, who was a constant resident in the temple at the time of our Saviour’s birth, <a class="bibleref" title="Luke.2.36" href="/passage/?search=Luke.2.36">Luke 2:36</a>. Nor were there many famous places in this tribe. Aphek (mentioned <a class="bibleref" title="Josh.19.30" href="/passage/?search=Josh.19.30">Josh. 19:30</a>) was the place near which Benhadad was beaten by Ahad, <a class="bibleref" title="1Kgs.20.30" href="/passage/?search=1Kgs.20.30">1 Kgs. 20:30</a>. But close adjoining to this tribe were the celebrated sea-port towns of Tyre and Sidon, which we read so much of. Tyre is called here <i>that strong city</i> (<a class="bibleref" title="Josh.19.29" href="/passage/?search=Josh.19.29">Josh. 19:29</a>), but Bishop Patrick thinks it was not the same Tyre that we read of afterwards, for that was built on an island; this old strong city was on the continent. And it is conjectured by some that into these two strong-holds, Sidon and Tzor, or Tyre, many of the people of Canaan fled and took shelter when Joshua invaded them.</p>
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