Joshua 12:23
in Joshua 12the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
KJV
The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
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This verse in Joshua 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe 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 1:27. Antiochus Sydetes besieged it in aftertimes, but could not make himself master of it. See Bochart, Canaan, lib. i., c. 28, and Dodd. The king of the nations of Gilgal - This is supposed to mean the higher Galilee, surnamed Galilee of the Gentiles or, nations, as the Hebrew word גוים goyim means.
This site's exposition
The king of Madon
on Joshua 12:19-24
Hazor at verse 19 is the one the narrative singled out, since Joshua 11:10 says Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms, and a king of Hazor named Jabin is oppressing Israel again by Judges 4:2. Taanach, Megiddo and Dor are counted at verses 21 to 23, and they are three of the five towns Judges 1:27 says Manasseh never drove out. The chapter ends on a number instead of a sentence, all the kings thirty and one, which is the conquest reduced to a total a reader can check.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Whoever believes in me will also do the works which I do, and will do even greater ones. And where is this word which he said, "The disciple is not greater than his master" [illustrated]? For example, Moses killed only three kings, but Joshua killed …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 Galilee towards the sea, where divers people might possibly resort for trade and merchandise, over whom this was a king, as formerly Tidal seems to have been, Gen. xiv, 1.
The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one,....
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דּ֛וֹר | dor | Dor | H1756 → | 7 times |
| לְנָפַ֥ת | lenafat | of Naphath of | H5316 → | |
| דּ֖וֹר | dor | Dor | H1756 → | 7 times |
| אֶחָ֑ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| גּוֹיִ֥ם | goyim | Goyim | H1471 → | 561 times |
| לְגִלְגָּ֖ל | legilgal | of Gilgal | H1537 → | 41 times |
| אֶחָֽד׃ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
דּ֛וֹרDor
dorH1756 →7 times
לְנָפַ֥תof Naphath of
lenafatH5316 →
דּ֖וֹרDor
dorH1756 →7 times
אֶחָ֑דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
גּוֹיִ֥םGoyim
goyimH1471 →561 times
לְגִלְגָּ֖לof Gilgal
legilgalH1537 →41 times
אֶחָֽד׃one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 11:2to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
it leads to
- Judges 1:27
At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 12:3
as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Numbers 34:11
then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
- Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Judges 1:27
Through
Joshua 4:19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
it leads to
- Joshua 5:9
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
- Joshua 5:9
Through
Joshua 17:11Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 7:29
And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- 2 Kings 9:27
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur,…
- 1 Chronicles 7:29
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.