George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 13:27
Betharan, which was enlarged by Herod, and called Livias, or Julias, as the Greeks called Livia, the wife of Augustus, Julia. (Josephus) --- Saphon, or "the northern part of," &c.
Betharan, which was enlarged by Herod, and called Livias, or Julias, as the Greeks called Livia, the wife of Augustus, Julia. (Josephus) --- Saphon, or "the northern part of," &c.
Verse Joshua 13:27. _BETH-ARAM_] This city was rebuilt by Herod, and called _Livias_, in honour of _Livia_, the wife of _Augustus_. Josephus calls it _Julias_, Julia being the name which the Greeks co...
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The bou...
1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...
JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...
The Possession of the Tribe of Gad 25. _their coast was Jazer_ or _Jaazer_. We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Israel after Heshbon, and on their way from thence to Bas...
_and in the valley_ i. e. the valley of the Jordan. The possessions of the Gadites are now described in this valley as far north as the Sea of Galilee. _Beth-aram_ or Beth-haran, the modern _Beit-har...
_The Territory of Gad Joshua 13:24-28_ 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities...
_AND IN THE VALLEY, BETHARAM, AND BETHNIMRAH, AND SUCCOTH, AND ZAPHON, THE REST OF THE KINGDOM OF SIHON KING OF HESHBON, JORDAN AND HIS BORDER, EVEN UNTO THE EDGE OF THE SEA OF CHINNERETH ON THE OTHER...
13:27 Chinnereth (c-37) See ch. 11.2....
SEA OF CHINNERETH] i.e. the Sea of Galilee. 29-31. Territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh....
TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...
TERRITORY OF GAD: see on Joshua 13:8....
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 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN (Joshua 13:15). (15) REUBEN. — See also Numbers 32:33 and Deuteronomy 3:16, &c....
וּ בָ † עֵ֡מֶק בֵּ֣ית הָרָם֩ וּ בֵ֨ית נִמְרָ֜ה...
CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...
The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday Bo...
Chapter 13 begins a description of the division of the land. Verses 2-3 name the unconquered areas in the south, while those in the north are described in 4-6. If Israel had have been obedient and fai...
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the (g...
The sacred historian is particular to enumerate these things concerning the portion of the two tribes and half; because it is a confirmation of what Moses had before done. Joshua only confirms the app...
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...
AND IN THE VALLEY, BETHARAM,.... The same with Bethharan, Numbers 32:36: AND BETHNIMRAH; sometimes called Nimrah, Numbers 32:3; near to which were some waters, called the waters of Nimrim, Isaiah 15...
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the ot...
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....
THE TERRITORY OF THE TWO AND ONE HALF TRIBES...
and in the valley, Betharam, later Libias, Numbers 32:36, AND BETHNIMRAH, AND SUCCOTH, where Jacob lived for some time. Genesis 33:17, AND ZAPHON, THE REST OF THE KINGDOM OF SIHON, KING OF HESHBON, JO...
LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...
7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wh...
REST OF THE KINGDOM OF SIHON; the northern part of his kingdom....
Joshua 13:27 valley H6010 Haram H1027 Nimrah H1039 Succoth H5523 Zaphon H6829 rest H3499 kingdom H4468 Sihon H5511 k
THE PORTION OF GAD (JOSHUA 13:24). Joshua 13:24 ‘ And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families.' “THE TRIBE OF GAD” indicates Gad as a unity under its lead...
CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...
Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...
_Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...
JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9. Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites (Joshua 13:16), but were aft...
EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...
In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...
1 Kings 7:46; Deuteronomy 3:17; Genesis 33:17; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:3
The rest of the kingdom — The northern part of his kingdom....