Joshua 11:2

“And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains, etc.] Of Libanus and Antilibanus, with others near them; so Josephus f217 says, the kings about Lebanon being Canaanites, fought against them, i.e. the Israelites; for Lebanon lay to the north of the land: and of the plains south of Cinneroth; or Gennesaret, of the land and lake of which we read in the New Testament, (<401434>Matthew 14:34 <410653>Mark 6:53 <420501> Luke 5:1); and seems to have respect chiefly to the famous plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, of which (see Gill on “<280105>Hosea 1:5”); and in the valley; which may more especially design the valley of Jezreel, as it is called in the above place, and distinguish it from…”

“the kings that were on the north of the mountains--the Anti-libanus district. the plains south of Chinneroth--the northern part of the Arabah, or valley of the Jordan. the valley--the low and level country, including the plain of Sharon. borders of Dor on the west--the highlands of Dor, reaching to the town of Dor on the Mediterranean coast, below mount Carmel.”

“On the north of the mountains - Rather, “northward in the mountains.” The reference is to the mountain district of Galilee, called Joshua 20:7 “mount Naphtali.” On the plains south of Chinneroth - literally, “in the Arabah south of Chinneroth.” The words describe the northern portion of the “Arabah” (see Deuteronomy 1:1), or depressed tract, which extends along the Jordan from the lake of Gennesaret southward. Chinneroth - Identical with the later Gennesaret (see Numbers 34:10). The lake derived its name from a town on its banks (compare Joshua 19:35). In the valley - The northern part of the same flat district mentioned in Joshua 9:1. This “valley” is the level plain adjacent to the sea and…”

“On the north - The general designation of all the particular places following: they were in the northern parts of Canaan, as those mentioned Jos. 10:1-43, were in the southern parts; in the mountain, either in or near the mountain of Lebanon, called the mountain by way of eminency; or in the mountainous country. Cinneroth - Heb. in the plain lying southward from Cinneroth, or the lake of Genesareth. Dor - A place upon the coast of the midland - sea. Joshua 11:3”

“Num 34:11, Chinnereth, Luk 5:1, Gennesaret on the north: Jos 11:21, Jos 10:6, Jos 10:40; Luk 1:39 Chinneroth: Jerome and others suppose this city to be same as was afterwards called Tiberias, now Tabaria, situated on the western shore of the lake of the same name. Jos 12:3 Dor: Jos 12:23, Jos 17:11; Jdg 1:27; Kg1 4:11 Joshua 11:3”