And to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains,.... Of Libanus and Antilibanus, with others near them; so Josephus says, the kings about Lebanon being Canaanites, fought against them, i.e.
the Israelites; for Lebanon lay to the north of the land:and of the plains south of Cinneroth; or Gennesaret, of the land and lake of which we read in the New Testament, Mt 14:34; and seems to have respect chiefly to the famous plain of Jezreel, or Esdraelon, of which See Gill on "Ho 1:5";and in the valley; which may more especially design the valley of Jezreel, as it is called in the above place, and distinguish it from other plains; it was two miles broad, and ten long:and in the borders of Dor, on the west; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Manasseh, Jos 17:11; which Pliny calls Dorum, and mentions it along with the promontory of Carmel; so Josephus says , in Phoenicia, near Mount Carmel, is a city called Dora, four days' journey distant from Judea; that is, that part of the land of Israel particularly so called; some copies read Idumea.
According to Jerom , it was nine miles from Caesarea of Palestine, as you go to Tyre; and in his time a desert. It was a haven in the Mediterranean sea, and lies three leagues from the castle of the "pilgrims" near Mount Carmel; and, as a traveller says, is now so decayed, that there is nothing more extant than a large and high tower, which the inhabitants still call Dorteite .
Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 18. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c 19. Contr. Apion. l. 2. c. 9. De loc. Heb. fol. 92. I. Rauwolff's Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 211. Ed.