The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor The king of Goyim in Gilgal
Parallel translations
- WEB 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;
- BSB the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
- NKJV the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of the people of Gilgal, one;
- NASB the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
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The kings of Dor and Goiim in Gilgal are counted among the conquered.
Overview
Dor lay on the Mediterranean coast, showing the conquest reached the western seaboard. The thorough geographic spread of these kings, from coast to hills to valley, displays the comprehensive scope of Joshua's God-given victories.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Josh 11:2and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
- Josh 4:19The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
- Josh 5:9–10Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt off of you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
- Josh 17:11Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.
- Isa 9:1But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
- Gen 14:1–2In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
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