17. Chinnereth. The Sea of Chinnereth (Joshua 12:3; 13:27). There was also a city of the same name (Joshua 19:35), from which the lake received its name. It was on the northwestern shore of the lake, its ruins now being known as Tell el-‘Oreimeh. The Sea of Chinnereth is the Sea of Galilee, also called the Lake of Gennesaret, and later known as the Sea of Tiberias.
The salt sea. Known also as the Dead Sea, “the sea of the plain” (Deut. 4:49; 2 Kings 14:25, Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:3, 12).
Under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. Literally, “under the slopes of Pisgah on the east” (). Mt. Pisgah, with its peak, Nebo, now called Râs es-Siâghah, is in the mountains of Abarim, overlooking the Dead Sea from the eastern side (see Num. 27:12; Deut. 34:1-3).