Joshua 12:23

23 1the king of Dor in 2Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,[a] one;

Joshua 12:23 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one
Of which see ( Joshua 11:2 ) ; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them, as were not Taanach and Megiddo, before mentioned, ( Joshua 17:11 ) ( Judges 1:27 ) ;

the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
not the place where Joshua encamped after he had passed Jordan, for that was then no city; the Septuagint version renders it the land of Galilee; and Dr. Lightfoot


FOOTNOTES:

F19 is of opinion that Galilee is meant, and in the Apocrypha:

``Who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgala, and pitched their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had won it, they slew much people.'' (1 Maccabees 9:2)

Galgala is spoken of as near to Arbel, a city in Galilee: Jerom F20 takes this to be the same with Glagulis, which in his time was a village six miles from Antipatris to the north.


F19 Chorograph. Cent. c. 88.
F20 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. B.

Joshua 12:23 In-Context

21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23 the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one;
24 the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

Cross References 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew Gilgal
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