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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 15:20 |
King James |
So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ijon is probably marked by the ruins called "Tel-Dibbin," which are situated a few miles northwest of the site of Dan, in a fertile and beautiful little plain which bears the name of "Merj' Ayun" or "meadow of fountains." On Abel-beth-maachah, or Abel-maim ("Abel-on-the waters") and Dan, see the marginal references
For Cinneroth or Genesareth see Jos 11:2. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ijon, and Dan, etc. - He appears to have attacked and taken those towns which constituted the principal strength of the kingdom of Israel. |
2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,