Deuteronomy 3:17

“The plain also, and Jordan, etc.] The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river: and the coast thereof; the country adjoining to it: from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea; that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, (<401434>Matthew 14:34), from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, etc. and the salt sea, so called from the salt and nitrous waters of it, the lake Asphaltites: under Ashdothpisgah eastward; mentioned among the cities given to the tribe of Reuben, (<061320>Joshua 13:20) rendered “the springs of…”

“The plain - The low country towards Jordan. The sea of the plain - That is, that salt sea, which before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain. Deuteronomy 3:18”

“3:17 from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea: The Hebrew name for the beautiful Sea of Galilee is kinnereth, which might come from kinnor (“harp”) because of its shape. • The Dead Sea (Hebrew yam hammelakh, “Salt Sea”), here also called the Sea of the Arabah (see study note on 1:1), has a very high mineral content (about 30 percent). • Pisgah is a section of the Abarim mountain range; its most prominent peak is Mount Nebo, where Moses died (see 34:1).”

“Chinnereth: Num 34:11; Jos 12:3 the sea: Deu 4:49; Gen 13:10, Gen 14:3, Gen 19:28, Gen 19:29; Num 34:11, Num 34:12; Jos 3:16, Jos 12:3, Jos 15:2, Jos 15:5; Jos 18:19 Ashdothpisgah: or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill, Num 23:14 Deuteronomy 3:18”