The land of Zabulon] Isaiah 9:1. The first calamity began there, 2 Kings 15. 29. by the way of the sea] Of Tiberias: or, because it was not far from the sea of Tyru. beyond Jordan] Or, beside, or at, or neer Jordan: For it was part of the holy land. See Numbers 32:19. John 1:28. Galilee of the Gentiles] So called, because the cities which Solomon gave to the king of Tyrus, 1 Kings 9:11. were there. Or, Galilee of the Nations; because, by reason of traffick, people of divers nations had concourse thither. So Genesis 14:1. Joshua 12:23. Or, populous Galilee: that part of Galilee which was best peopled, as being a richer soil then some other part of it.