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John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 11:2
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 other plains; it was two miles broad, and ten long: and in the borders of Dor, on the west; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Manasseh, (<061711>Joshua 17:11); which Pliny f218 calls Dorum, and mentions it along with the promontory of Carmel; so Josephus says f219, in Phoenicia, near Mount Carmel, is a city called Dora, four days’ journey distant from Judea; that is, that part of the land of Israel particularly so called; some copies read Idumea. According to Jerom f220, it was nine miles from Caesarea of Palestine, as you go to Tyre; and in his time a desert. It was a haven in the Mediterranean sea, and lies three leagues from the castle of the “pilgrims” near Mount Carmel; and, as a traveller says, is now so decayed, that there is nothing more extant than a large and high tower, which the inhabitants still call Dorteite f221.
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