Jos 11:2 | NET2full | STEP | and the northern kings who ruled in the hill country , in the rift valley south of Kinnereth , in the foothills , and on the heights of Dor to the west .

‏ Joshua 11:2

2 and the northern kings who ruled in ^{▼▼tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”} the hill country, in the rift valley south of Kinnereth, ^{▼▼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). The “rift valley south of” Galilee probably refers to the northern part of the Jordan Valley from the lake to where the Jezreel Valley joins the rift valley. Dor is nearly due west from that point.} in the foothills, and on the heights of Dor to the west.