Joshua 12 · Verse 23

Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Joshua 12:23, King James Version

Joshua 12:23 in other translations

BSBthe king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
WEBthe king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
ASVthe king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
YLTThe king of Dor, at the elevation of Dor, one; The king of the Goyim of Gilgal, one;
DARBYthe king of Dor in the upland of Dor, one; the king of Goim, at Gilgal, one;
BBEThe king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
WebsterThe king of Dor in the border of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

What does Joshua 12:23 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 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 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. On this ground it should be read king of Galilee of the nations. Others suppose it is the same country with that of which Tidal was king, see Gen 14:1. The place is very uncertain, and commentators have rendered it more so by their conjectures.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 12:7-24

We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to throng together. This was the land God appointed for Israel; yet in our day it is one of the most barren and unprofitable countries in the world. Such is the effect of the curse it lies under, since its possessors rejected…

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Joshua 12:23 in the original Hebrew

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מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
דּ֛וֹרDorDorH1756
לְנָפַ֥תle.na.Fatof Naphath ofH5316
דּ֖וֹרDorDorH1756
אֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadoneH259
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
גּוֹיִ֥םgo.YimGoyimH1471
לְגִלְגָּ֖לle.gil.Galof GilgalH1537
אֶחָֽד\׃'e.ChadoneH259

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 12:23

  • Joshua 11:2

    And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

  • Joshua 5:9-10

    And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

  • Joshua 17:11

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

  • Genesis 14:1-2

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

  • Isaiah 9:1

    Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

  • Joshua 4:19

    And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dor.
11:2; 17:11
the nations.
Ge 14:1,2; Isa 9:1
Gilgal.
4:19; 5:9,10

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Context

  • Joshua 12:22

    The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

  • Joshua 12:23

    The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;

  • Joshua 12:24

    The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

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Joshua 12:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El rey de Dor, de la provincia de Dor, otro: el rey de Gentes en Gilgal, otro:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		le roi de Dor, des hauteurs de Dor, un; le roi de Goïm, à Guilgal, un;
German
Elberfelder 1871		der König von Dor, in dem Hügelgebiet von Dor: einer; der König von Gojim zu Gilgal: einer;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		rex Dor et provinciæ Dor unus, rex gentium Galgal unus,