Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
Madon, Hezor, Shimron-meron , and Achshaph (see at Josh 11:1).
Joshua 12:21
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
Taanach , which was allotted to the Manassites in the territory of Issachar, and given
up to the Levites (Josh 17:11; 21:25), but was not entirely wrested from the
Canaanites (Judg 1:27), is the present Tell Taënak , an hour and a quarter to the southeast
of Lejun, a flat hill sown with corn; whilst the old name has been preserved in the
small village of Taânak , at the south-eastern foot of the Tell (see Van de Velde , i. p.
269, and Rob. Pal. iii. p.
156). - Megiddo , which was also allotted to the Manassites in the territory of
Issachar, though without the Canaanites having been entirely expelled (Josh 17:11;
Judg 1:27), was fortified by Solomon (1 Kings 9:15), and is also well known as the
place were Ahaziah died (2 Kings 9:27), and where Josiah was beaten and slain by
Pharaoh Necho (2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chron 35:20ff.). Robinson has shown that it was
preserved in the Legio of a later time, the present Lejun (Pal. iii. pp. 177ff.; see also
Bibl. Res. p. 116).
Joshua 12:22
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Kedesh , a Levitical city and city of refuge upon the mountains of Naphtali (Josh
19:37; 20:7; 21:32), the home of Barak (Judg 4:6), was conquered and depopulated by
Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29), and was also a well-known place after the captivity
(1 Macc. 11:61ff.) It is now an insignificant village, still bearing the ancient name, to
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