The plain also, and Jordan,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river:and the coast thereof; the country adjoining to it:from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea; that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, Mt 14:34, from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.
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Deuteronomy 3:17
Deuteronomy 3:17
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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