The name of _Hermon_ is probably deriv’d from his wife _Hermione_, as a compliment to her. And of this mountain is that saying in _Psalm_ cxxxiii. 3. The psalmist draws an elegant comparison of the holy unction of _Aaron_ running from his head to his beard, and so down his garments, “like as the dew of _Hermon_ which falls on the hill of _Sion_.” A difficulty that gave St. _Augustin_ a great deal of trouble; but must needs be an absurd reading, and ought to be corrected _Sirion_ for _Sion_. _Sirion_ is a lower part of the high ground at the bottom of mount _Hermon_, as that lies under the elated crest of _Libanus_. _Psal._ xxix. 6. “_Libanon_ also, and _Sirion_, like a young unicorn.” A mountain not a little remarkable, since we read, _Deut._ iii. 9. “which _Hermon_ the _Sidonians_ call _Sirion_, and the _Amorites_ call it _Shenir_;” _Hermon_ and _Sirion_ being parts of mount _Libanon_. Since we are upon criticism, the reader will excuse me in mentioning another of like nature, and not foreign to our purpose. These _Horites_, _Hivites_, _Avim_ or _Cadmonites_, as called from _Cadmus_, _Gen._ xv. 19. or _Canaanites_, as called from his father _Canaan_, extending themselves upon the _Phœnician_ shore, became traders or merchants in the most eminent degree of all ancient people in the world, and traded as far as _Britain_; so that the name of _Canaanite_ and _merchant_ became equivalent. _Isaiah_ xxiii. 8. “Who hath taken this counsel against _Tyre_, saith the prophet, the _crowning_ city; whose merchants are princes, whose _traffickers_ are the honourable of the earth.” Hence we observe, 1. The prophet calls it the _crowning_ city, for they sent a golden crown to _Alexander the great_ as a present. 2. The word _traffickers_, _mercatores_, is _Canaanites_ in the original. And the like in _Jerem._ x. 17. “Gather up thy _wares_ out of the land, O inhabiter of the fortress.” ’Tis _Canahe_ in the original. 3. This naturally leads me to mention a noble prophecy, overlook’d thro’ a too literal translation in our bible, _Zech._ xiv. 21. “Yea, every pot in _Jerusalem_, and in _Judah_, shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein. And in that day there shall be no more the _Canaanite_ in the house of the LORD of hosts.” It ought to be translated _merchant_, as in the vulgate _latin_ and _chaldee_. For ’tis a prophecy concerning the days of the Messiah; and regards that famous act of his life, when he drove the traders out of the temple.