Josue 11:2

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

ad reges quoque aquilonis, qui habitabant in montanis et in planitie contra meridiem Ceneroth, in campestribus quoque et in regionibus Dor juxta mare:

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Cognoscite hodie qu� ignorant filii vestri, qui non viderunt disciplinam Domini Dei vestri, magnalia ejus et robustam manum, extentumque brachium,

Nova Vulgata (1979)
ad reges quoque aquilonis, qui habitabant in montanis et in Araba contra meridiem Chenereth, in Sephela quoque et in regionibus Dor iuxta mare,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 34:11, Chinnereth, Luke 5:1, Gennesaret

on the north: Joshua 11:21, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:40, Luke 1:39

Chinneroth: Jerome and others suppose this city to be same as was afterwards called Tiberias, now Tabaria, situated on the western shore of the lake of the same name. Joshua 12:3

Dor: Joshua 12:23, Joshua 17:11, Judges 1:27, 1 Kings 4:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 13:27 - Chinnereth Joshua 19:35 - Chinnereth 1 Kings 15:20 - Cinneroth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains,.... Of Libanus and Antilibanus, with others near them; so Josephus t 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; and seems to have respect chiefly to the famous plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, of which Matthew 14:34- :;

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 u calls Dorum, and mentions it along with the promontory of Carmel; so Josephus says w, 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 y.

t Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 18. u Nat. Hist. l. 5. c 19. w Contr. Apion. l. 2. c. 9. x De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I. y Rauwolff's Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 211. Ed. Ray.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the north of the mountains - Rather, “northward in the mountains.” The reference is to the mountain district of Galilee, called Joshua 20:7 “mount Naphtali.”

On the plains south of Chinneroth - literally, “in the Arabah south of Chinneroth.” The words describe the northern portion of the “Arabah” (see Deuteronomy 1:1), or depressed tract, which extends along the Jordan from the lake of Gennesaret southward.

Chinneroth - Identical with the later Gennesaret (see Numbers 34:10). The lake derived its name from a town on its banks (compare Joshua 19:35).

In the valley - The northern part of the same flat district mentioned in Joshua 9:1. This “valley” is the level plain adjacent to the sea and extending from Carmel southward.

Borders of Dor - Render “highlands of Dor.” Dor was a royal city, and gave its name to the district around it (compare Joshua 12:23; 1 Kings 4:11). Its importance was derived from its having an excellent and well-sheltered haven, and from the abundance among its rocks of the shellfish which furnished the famous Tyrian purple. The site of Dor is identified by travelers as the modern Tantura or Dandora - a name which is itself only a corruption of the ancient Dor. It lies near the foot of Carmel some six miles north of Caesarea.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:2. On the north of the mountains — Or the mountain, probably Hermon, or some mountain not far from the lake of Gennesareth.

And of the plains — That is, the valleys of the above mountains, which had the sea of Chinneroth or Gennesareth on the south.

Chinneroth — This city is supposed by St. Jerome and several others since his time, to be the same as was afterwards called Tiberias. From this city or village the sea of Chinneroth or Gennesareth probably had its name.

And in the borders of Dor — Calmet supposes this to mean the champaign country of the higher and lower Galilee, on to the Mediterranean Sea, and to the village or city of Dor, which was the farthermost city of Phoenicia. Dor was in the lot of the half tribe of Manasseh, and was situated on the Mediterranean Sea, three leagues from Caesarea, and seven from Ptolemais.