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,
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains,.... Of Libanus and Antilibanus, with others near them; so Josephus {t} says, the kings about Lebanon being Canaanites, fought against them, i.e. the Israelites; for Lebanon lay to the north of the land:
and of the plains south of Cinneroth; or Gennesaret, of the land and lake of which we read in the New Testament, Matthew 14:34; and seems to have respect chiefly to the famous plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, of which See Gill on "Hosea 1:5";
and in the valley; which may more especially design the valley of Jezreel, as it is called in the above place, and distinguish it from other plains; it was two miles broad, and ten long:
and in the borders of Dor, on the west; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; which Pliny {u} calls Dorum, and mentions it along with the promontory of Carmel; so Josephus says {w}, in Phoenicia, near Mount Carmel, is a city called Dora, four days' journey distant from Judea; that is, that part of the land of Israel particularly so called; some copies read Idumea. According to Jerom {x}, it was nine miles from Caesarea of Palestine, as you go to Tyre; and in his time a desert. It was a haven in the Mediterranean sea, and lies three leagues from the castle of the "pilgrims" near Mount Carmel; and, as a traveller says, is now so decayed, that there is nothing more extant than a large and high tower, which the inhabitants still call Dorteite {y}.
{t} Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 18.
{u} Nat. Hist. l. 5. c 19.
{w} Contr. Apion. l. 2. c. 9.
{x} De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I.
{y} Rauwolff's Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 211. Ed. Ray.