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Joshua 12:23

Dor See Joshua 11:2.

the nations of Gilgal "The kyng of the Gentils (folkis) of Galgal," Wyclif. For the word here rendered "nations" comp. Genesis 10:5, "every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations;" Genesis 14:1, "Tidal king of nations." The Gilgal here mentioned is not the Gilgal on the Jordan, but the modern Jiljilieh, west of Ebal and Gerizim, in the plain along the Mediterranean. See above, ch. Joshua 9:6.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 12:23. _THE KING OF DOR_] The city of this name fell to the lot of the children of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11. Bochart observes that it was one of the oldest royal cities in Phoenicia. The C...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the pow...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE CONQUERED KINGS CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1)_ 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 12. LIST OF THE CONQUERED KINGS. The whole of this chapter, which is a detailed expansion of Joshua 11:16, So Joshua took all that land, is a late composition of the Deuteronomic school; of whi...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    COAST. See note on "borders", Joshua 11:7....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 23. _THE KING OF DOR, IN THE COAST OF DOR_— The city of this name fell to the lot of the children of Manasseh; chap. Joshua 17:11. It appears to have commanded a great territory; and Bochart ob...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A List of the Kings Defeated by Joshua 12:9-24_ 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmut...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:23 Goim, (b-14) Or 'the nations,' as Genesis 14:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A REVIEW OF THE VICTORIES OF MOSES AND JOSHUA This chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following Chapter s narrate the partition of the conquer...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NATIONS] RV 'Goiim.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מֶ֥לֶךְ דֹּ֛ור לְ נָפַ֥ת דֹּ֖ור אֶחָ֑ד מֶֽלֶך

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE OF MEROM. Joshua Chs. 11, 12. THERE is some appearance of confusion in the terms in which the great confederacy of native princes against Israel is brought in. In the beginnin...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Galgal, not where the Israelites had encamped, but that part which was afterwards called the Galilee of the Gentiles, in some corner of which the king in question had fixed his residence. For we cann...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I bring all these verses together into one view, from the same reason as I did the former, because they all relate to one and the same subject, the splendid victories of Joshua. And I only detain the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king of Gilgal_ This Gilgal is not the place where Joshua encamped when he came over Jordan; for there was no city there, nor any king of that country, but the king of Jericho. That place had als...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONQUERED KINGS WEST OF JORDAN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-24 We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to thr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DOR, of which JOSHUA 11:2. GILGAL; not of that Gilgal where Joshua first lodged after his passage over Jordan; where it doth not appear that there was either king or city; but of another city of the s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 12:23 king H4428 Dor H1756 heights H5299 Dor H1756 one H259 king H4428 people H1471 Gilgal H1537 one...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ The king of Kedesh, one, the king of Yokneam in Carmel, one, the king of Dor, in the height of Dor, one, the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one, the king of Tirzah, one. All the kings thirty and one.' Ked...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The roster of the kings of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of present servants of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This chapter contains the Hebrew chart of honour, and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. Joshua 12:1. _Arnon,_ the river which drained the vales of Moab. See the Map. Joshua 12:3...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _These axe the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote._ THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD This chapter is a short summary of the work that has been done. In this _resume _of the conques...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 12:7. Baal gad.… Halak] Cf. on chap. Joshua 11:17. JOSHUA 12:8. MOUNTAINS, etc.] Cf. on Chapter s Joshua 9:1;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:2; Isaiah 9:1; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 17:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    King of Gilgal — Not of that Gilgal where Joshua first lodged after his passage over Jordan; where it doth not appear, that there was either king or city; but of a city of the same name, probably in G...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Were these kings defeated here or not until later? PROBLEM: The text declares that “these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated.” However, many of these cities were not captur...

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