Joshua 11:2
Context11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in 1 the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, 2 the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west.
Joshua 13:12
Context13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) 3 Moses defeated them and took their lands. 4
1 tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”
2 tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).
sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).
3 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”
sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
4 tn Or “dispossessed them.”