George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 12:8
Asedoth, or "in the springs," or valleys, ver. 3.
Asedoth, or "in the springs," or valleys, ver. 3.
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the pow...
THE CONQUERED KINGS CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1)_ 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of...
JOSHUA 12. LIST OF THE CONQUERED KINGS. The whole of this chapter, which is a detailed expansion of Joshua 11:16, So Joshua took all that land, is a late composition of the Deuteronomic school; of whi...
MOUNTAINS. hill country....
Catalogue of the Kings vanquished on the West of the Jordan 7. _And these are the kings_ This and the following verse coincide with ch. Joshua 11:16, and Joshua 10:40-42. They introduce the following...
_VER._ 7, 8. _AND THESE ARE THE KINGS OF THE COUNTRY WHICH JOSHUA AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE, ON THIS SIDE JORDAN_— The author wrote in the country of Canaan, properly so called; and this region...
A REVIEW OF THE VICTORIES OF MOSES AND JOSHUA This chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following Chapter s narrate the partition of the conquer...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 12 A LIST OF ALL THE KINGS THAT THE *ISRAEL...
בָּ † הָ֣ר וּ בַ † שְּׁפֵלָ֗ה...
CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE OF MEROM. Joshua Chs. 11, 12. THERE is some appearance of confusion in the terms in which the great confederacy of native princes against Israel is brought in. In the beginnin...
This chapter contains no new matter. It is rather a detailed summary of the extent of the conquest. First the victories under Moses (verses Jos 12:1-6) and then those under Joshua (verses Jos 12:7-24)...
JOSHUA 12:1-24; JOSHUA 13:1-33; JOSHUA 14:1-15; JOSHUA 15:1-63...
I bring all these verses together into one view, from the same reason as I did the former, because they all relate to one and the same subject, the splendid victories of Joshua. And I only detain the...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE VALLEYS, AND IN THE PLAINS, AND IN THE SPRINGS, AND IN THE WILDERNESS, AND IN THE SOUTH COUNTRY,.... Which is a description of the whole land of Canaan; some parts of whic...
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivite...
_In the wilderness and in the south country_ These are joined together because the wilderness was southerly, in the hottest and driest part of the land: but we are not to suppose that the wilderness w...
1 The two kings whose countreys Moses tooke and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Iordan which Ioshua smote. 1 NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Isra...
in the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivite...
THE CONQUERED KINGS WEST OF JORDAN...
KINGS CONQUERED BY MOSES (vs.1-6) A list is given now of those kings defeated by Israel before they crossed the Jordan, while Moses was still living. We have read of them in Deuteronomy, and shall s...
7-24 We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to thr...
The wilderness: this word here and elsewhere in Scripture notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, but one thin of inhabitants, as 1 KINGS 2:34, 1 KINGS 9:18 MATTHEW 3:1,3....
Joshua 12:8 mountain H2022 lowlands H8219 plain H6160 slopes H794 wilderness H4057 Hittites H2850 Amorites H567 Canaanites H3
‘ And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote Beyond Jordan Westward, from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even to mount Halak, which goes up to Seir. And Joshu...
CONTENTS: The roster of the kings of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of present servants of God...
This chapter contains the Hebrew chart of honour, and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. Joshua 12:1. _Arnon,_ the river which drained the vales of Moab. See the Map. Joshua 12:3...
_These axe the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote._ THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD This chapter is a short summary of the work that has been done. In this _resume _of the conques...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 12:1 Before the land is divided and assigned to the tribes, the conquest is summarized. Verses Joshua 12:1 describe the land BEYOND THE JORDAN (that
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 12:7. Baal gad.… Halak] Cf. on chap. Joshua 11:17. JOSHUA 12:8. MOUNTAINS, etc.] Cf. on Chapter s Joshua 9:1;...
EXPOSITION THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA'S CONQUESTS. JOSHUA 12:1 NOW THESE ARE THE KINGS. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into...
Now that was a tragedy that they did leave unconquered territory, because they left it, it did become a problem later on to them. Now in chapter eleven it gives a list of the names of the kings that w...
Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 9:1; Exodus 23:23; Exodus 23:28; Exodus 3:
The wilderness — This word here and elsewhere in scripture notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, but one thin of inhabitants, as 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 9:18; Matthew 3:1,...
Were these kings defeated here or not until later? PROBLEM: The text declares that “these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated.” However, many of these cities were not captur...