Joshua 12:3

and from the plain Rather, and the plain, the Arabah, i. e. the eastern part of the Jordan valley, as far as the Sea of Chinneroth.

the sea of Cinneroth So called after the city of this name. See above, ch. Joshua 11:2. In the New Testament it is called (a) the "Sea of Galilee" (Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29; Mark 1:16); (b) the "lake of Gennesaret" (Luke 5:1); (c) the "sea of Tiberias" (John 6:1; John 21:1); and sometimes (d) simply "the sea."

and unto the sea of the plain i. e. of the Arabah. While the Lake of Gennesareth forms the northern boundary of the eastern part of the Jordan valley, it is in like manner bounded on the south by the Salt Sea, i. e. the Dead Sea. Near which lay

Beth-jeshimoth = "the House of the Wastes." It was one of the limits of the encampment of Israel before crossing the Jordan (Numbers 33:48-49).

under Ashdoth-pisgah See above, Joshua 10:40.