John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:" — Joshua 12:3 (ASV)
And from the plain
Or rather, "and the plain", the plains of Moab, which, before possessed by the Israelites, belonged to the kingdom of Sihon; and the plains of Jordan, which reached
to the sea of Cinneroth on the east ;
the same with the lake of Gennesaret, and sea of Tiberias, mentioned in the New Testament, (Matthew 14:34) (Mark 6:53) (Luke 5:1) (John 6:1) (21:1) :
and unto the sea of the plain ;
where stood the cities of the plain, Sodom, Gomorrah
[even] the salt sea on the east ;
the same with the dead sea, into which the plain the above cities stood on was converted:
the way to Bethjeshimoth ;
which was a place in the plains of Moab, (Numbers 33:49) ;
and from the south under Ashdothpisgah ;
or the springs of Pisgah, which flowed from the mount of that name, (Deuteronomy 3:17) (4:49) .