[10:15] 2 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
[10:15] 3 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
[10:17] 4 sn The Hivites were Canaanite tribes of a Hurrian origin.
[10:17] 5 sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.
[10:17] 6 sn The Sinites lived in Sin, another town in Lebanon.
