[10:16] 1 sn The Jebusites were the Canaanite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem.
[10:16] 2 sn Here Amorites refers to smaller groups of Canaanite inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Palestine, rather than the large waves of Amurru, or western Semites, who migrated to the region.
[10:16] 3 sn The Girgashites are an otherwise unknown Canaanite tribe, though the name is possibly mentioned in Ugaritic texts (see G. J. Wenham, Genesis [WBC], 1:226).
[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.
[10:27] 7 sn Uzal was the name of the old capital of Yemen.
[10:27] 8 sn The name Diklah means “date-palm.”
[10:28] 10 sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.
[10:28] 11 sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”
[10:28] 12 sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.
