far from Zidon] i. e. Laish lay far from Zidon eastward, hard by mount Lebanon, and therefore they could have no help from thence in this sudden surprise, though there (as it seemeth) was their chiefest hope. it was] To wit, the city Laish. Beth-rehob] A part of Syria Trachonitis: of which, see 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8.