Joshua Chapter 12 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 12:23

the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
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BBE Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor on the hill of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
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DARBY Joshua 12:23

the king of Dor in the upland of Dor, one; the king of Goim, at Gilgal, one;
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KJV Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
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WBT Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor in the border of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
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WEB Joshua 12:23

the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
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YLT Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor, at the elevation of Dor, one; The king of the Goyim of Gilgal, one;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - The nations of Gilgal. Or the nations that belong to Gilgal. This is identified by Yandevelde and Conder with Jiljulieh in the plain of Jordan, north of Antipatris, and is therefore, if this identification be correct, a third Gilgal. The word "nations" most probably signifies a diversity of tribes of various races gathered together under the headship of the king of Gilgal, much in the same way that the kingdom of Mercia arose in England from a confused mass of various tribes, gathered together on the marches, or military frontiers, between Britons, Saxons and English, or in the same way that the Austrian and Turkish empires have been formed out of a congeries of various nationalities. So we read of "Tidal king of nations" in Genesis 14:1. But others regard the "nations" (Goim) mentioned there as equivalent to the Gutinm of the Babylonian tablets - i.e., Semitic tribes imperfectly organised, then dwelling in Babylonia, and prefer the LXX. reading, Θαργάλ, in Genesis 14:1, which Sir Henry Rawlinson considers equivalent to the Accadian Tur Gal, or "great chief." So Sayce, 'Babl. Lit.,' p. 23; Tomkins, 'Studies on the Time of Abraham.' See Introduction III.

Ellicott's Commentary