John Gill Commentary Joshua 11:2

"and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west," — Joshua 11:2 (ASV)

And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains ,
&c.] Of Libanus and Antilibanus, with others near them; so Josephus ^F20 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, (Matthew 14:34) (Mark 6:53) (Luke 5:1) ; and seems to have respect chiefly to the famous plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, of which (See Gill on 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, (Joshua 17:11) ; which Pliny ^F21 calls Dorum, and mentions it along with the promontory of Carmel; so Josephus says ^F23 , 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 {x}, 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 ^F25 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 18.
• F21: Nat. Hist. l. 5. c 19.
• F23: Contr. Apion. l. 2. c. 9.
• F25: Rauwolff's Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 211. Ed. Ray.