Deuteronomy 1:7

“Turn you and take your journey, etc.] That is, remove from Horeb, where they were, and proceed on in their journey, in which they had been stopped almost a year: and go to the mount of the Amorites; where they and the Amalekites dwelt, in the south part of the land of Canaan, and which was the way the spies were sent, (<041317>Numbers 13:17,29 14:40,43), and unto all the places nigh thereunto; nigh to the mountain. The Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret them of Moab, Ammon, Gebal, or Mount Seir: “in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale”; such was the country near this mountain, consisting of champaign land, hills, and valleys: and in the south; the southern border of the land of…”

“the mount of the Amorites--the hilly tract lying next to Kadesh-barnea in the south of Canaan. to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon--that is, PhÅ“nicia, the country of Sidon, and the coast of the Mediterranean--from the Philistines to Lebanon. The name "Canaanite" is often used synonymously with that of "PhÅ“nician."”

“To the mount of the Amorites - i. e. to the mountain district occupied by the Amorites, reaching into the Negeb, and part of the territory assigned to the tribe of Judah. return to 'Top of Page'”

“To the mount of the Amorites - That is, to the mountainous country where the Amorites dwelt, which is opposed to the plain, where others of them dwelt. And this is the first mentioned, because it was in the borders of the land. Deuteronomy 1:8”

“1:7 The hill country consisted of interior areas of Canaan that were also inhabited by the Amorites (see 1:4; Num 13:29; Josh 10:6). The Canaanites apparently once lived throughout Palestine, but with the incursion of the Amorites they were restricted to the valleys and lowlands. • the western foothills: Hebrew the Shephelah, the term still used in modern Israel for the region between the hills of Judah and the coastal plain, an area that specializes in orchards and vineyards. • the Negev: This great desert area lies to the south of Canaan. The Hebrew word could also designate “the south.””

“the mount: Gen 15:16-21; Exo 23:31; Num 34:3-12; Jos 24:15; Amo 2:9 all the places: Heb. all his neighbours in the plain: Deu 11:11; Jos 10:40, Jos 11:16, Jos 11:17 the great: Deu 11:24; Jos 1:4; Sa2 8:3; Ch1 5:9, Ch1 18:3 Deuteronomy 1:8”