Genesis 10:17

The Hivite. Though mentioned 25 times in various Old Testament passages, the Hivites were nevertheless an obscure Canaanite tribe. Some hold that the name Hivite should read “Horite” (Hurrian), as the LXX has it twice, with a change of only one letter in Hebrew.

The Arkite. This people inhabited the Phoenician seaport of Irkata, situated about 16 miles northeast of Tripoli in the foothills of Lebanon. Pharaoh Thutmose III conquered the whole region during the 15th century B.C. It remained in Egyptian possession for at least 100 years, as the Amarna Letters of the 14th century indicate. King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria mentions the city as one that paid tribute to him in the 8th century.

The Sinite. This group lived in and about the city of Siannu, which Tiglath-pileser III mentions, together with other tributary Phoenician vassals, in the 8th century B.C. Its exact location is still unknown.