Joshua 11:1-5
Jabin Josh 11:10, Josh 12:19, Josh 19:36; Judg 4:2, Judg 4:17 he sent Josh 10:3-4; Ps 2:1-4, Ps 83:1-3; Isa 26:11, Isa 43:2, Isa 43:5-7 Madon The LXX read Μαρων, which, if legitimate, Calmet thinks may be the same as Maronia or Marath, in Phoenicia, to the north of mount Lebanon, Josh 12:19-20; Josh 19:15, Josh 19:25. Shimron Supposed to be the same with Symira, in Coele-Syria, joined to Maron or Marath by Pliny and Pomponius Mela. Achshaph Supposed by some to be the same as Achzib or Ecdippa; from which, however, it is distinguished in Josh 19:25, Josh 19:29. It was in the northern part of the tribe of Asher. Num 34:11, Chinnereth, Luke 5:1, Gennesaret on the north Josh 11:21, Josh 10:6, Josh 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. Josh 12:3 Dor Josh 12:23, Josh 17:11; Judg 1:27; 1Kgs 4:11 the Jebusite Josh 15:63; Num 13:29; 2Sam 24:16 Hivite Judg 3:3 Hermon Josh 13:11; Deut 4:48; Ps 89:12, Ps 133:3; Song 4:8 land Josh 18:26; Gen 31:49; Judg 20:1, Judg 21:5, Judg 21:8; 1Sam 7:5-7, 1Sam 10:17; 1Kgs 15:22; Jer 40:6, Jer 40:10, Jer 41:3, Jer 41:14 as the sand Gen 22:17, Gen 32:12; Judg 7:12; 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 4:20 all these Ps 3:1, Ps 118:10-12; Isa 8:9; Rev 16:14 met together Heb. assembled by appointment waters This is what Josephus calls the lake Semechon, now called Bahr-el-Houle (Lake Julius) between the head of the Jordan and the lake of Tiberias. According to Josephus it was seven miles long; and according to modern authorities, it is not above two miles broad, except at the north end, where it may be four.
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