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Joshua 12:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

The king of Shimronmeron, one,.... See Joshua 11:1: this place fell to the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15; the king of Achshaph, one; see Joshua 11:1; this city fell to the lot of Asher, Joshua 19:25.

Joshua 12:21

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

The king of Taanach, one,.... It was in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Jerom says (q), in his time it was a large village, distant from Legion on the plain of Esdraelon three miles: the king of Megiddo, one; which belonged to the same tribe, Joshua 17:11; near this place were some waters where the Canaanites fought with the Israelites,...

Joshua 12:22

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

The king of Kedesh, one,.... Which afterwards fell to the tribe of Naphtali, and was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 19:37; it was situated in upper Galilee on Mount Naphtali, four miles from the city of Sephet, and as many from Capernaum, and twenty miles from Tyre (r): the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; a city that came to the lot of the...

Joshua 12:23

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one,.... Of which see Joshua 11:2; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them, as were not Taanach and Megiddo, before mentioned, Joshua 17:11 Judges 1:27; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; not the place where Joshua encamped after he had passed Jordan, for that was then no city; the...

Joshua 12:24

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

The king of Tirzah, one,.... To what tribe this place fell is nowhere said: Adrichomius (u) places it in the tribe of Manasseh; and so does Bunting (w), who says of it, that it was a fair and beautiful city, situated on a high and pleasant mountain, in the tribe of Manasseh, twenty four miles from Jerusalem to the north: here Jeroboam had his...

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