Verse 16
So Joshua took all that land ,.... The whole land of Canaan, described as follows, both as to the southern and northern parts of it:
the hills ; the hill country of Judea, of which see Luke 1:39 ,
and all the south country ; where lived the five kings; and those of other places, the account of the taking of which we have in the preceding chapter, Joshua 10:40 ,
and all the land of Goshen ; see Joshua 10:41 ,
and the valley, and the plain ; the low places and campaign fields which lay between the hills and mountains; particularly all the plain and campaign country near Eleutheropolis, towards the north and west, Jerom says, in his day, was called "Sephela", or "the vale" F1 De loc. Heb. fol. 94. M. :
and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same ; by which may be meant Jerusalem, situated on a mountain, and is so called, Ezekiel 17:23 ; and its valley may be the valley of Hinnom or of Jehoshaphat, as they were after called, which were near it: some think the hill of Samaria or the mountains about that are meant.
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