("Hill-country of the Amorites" (
De 1:7,
20,
24; compare
Nu 13:29;
Jos 10:6, etc.)): The region intended is that afterward known as the hill country of Judah and Ephraim, but sometimes "Amorites" is used as a general designation for all the inhabitants of Canaan (
Ge 15:16;
Jos 24:8,
18, etc.).