Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
From the mount Halak (Hebrew, the smooth mountain), that goeth up to Seir - an irregular line of white naked hills, about 80 feet high, and 7 or 8 geographical miles in length, that cross the whole Ghor, 8 miles south of the Dead Sea; probably 'the ascent of Akrabbim' (Robinson).
Unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon - the city or temple of the god of Fortune or Destiny, in Baalbec. х Bªbiq`at (H1237) (the valley of Lebanon, under Hermon) - i:e., in the plain of Coele-Syria]. This place, where, judging from the name, the god Fortune, one of the many forms of Baal, was worshipped by the ancient Syrians, formed the limit of Joshua's conquests on the north. Dr. Robinson thinks that 'from Baal-gad to Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir' was the original form of "from Dan to Beer-sheba."