Gen. xxxvii. 25. Josh. xii. 23.GILGAL. Joshua speaks of a King of Gilgal of the Nations1, who was conquered and killed upon the arrival of the Hebrews in the Land of Promise. It is our opinion, that Gilgal of the Gentiles in this place is the same as Gilgal of the Gentiles in Isaiah ix. 1. and that it signifies Upper Galilee, which extended itself principally beyond Jordan, towards the sources of this river.
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Translators’ note. In the Hebrew text it is מלך גוים לגלגלKing of the nations of Gilgal. LXX Βασιλέα Γὲι τῆς Γαλιλαίας. Vulgate, Rex Gentium Galgal unus. ↩