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- Chapter 12
- Verse 23
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
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Gill's Exposition
The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one,.... Of which see Jos 11:2; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them, as were not Taanach and Megiddo, before mentioned, Jos 17:11 Jdg…
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Jos 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Jos 10:1 ff), the power…
Adam Clarke
The king of Dor - The city of this name fell to the lot of the children of Manasseh, Jos 17:11. Bochart observes that it was one of the oldest royal cities in Phoenicia. The Canaanites held it, Jdg…
We have here a breviate of Joshua's conquests.
I. The limits of the country he conquered. It lay between Jordan on the east and the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and extended from Baal-gad near…
Cambridge Bible
Dor See Jos 11:2.
the nations of Gilgal "The kyng of the Gentils (folkis) of Galgal," Wyclif. For the word here rendered "nations" comp. Gen 10:5, "every one after his tongue, after their families, in…
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