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Joshua 11:10

And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor, whose king was the leader in the alliance, and smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor beforetime was the head of all these kingdoms, the chief city of the northern confederacy.

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See also Joshua 11:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 11:10. _TOOK HAZOR_] Joshua 11:1....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    FURTHER CONQUESTS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Jabin and his confederacy (Joshua 11:1)_ 2. The divine encouragement (Joshua 11:6) 3. The victory (Joshua 11:7) 4. The obedience of Joshua ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 11. DEFEAT OF JABIN AND HIS COALITION. Jabin, king of Hazor, gathers a vast army of Canaanites at the Waters of Merom (locality uncertain, p. 32). The coalition was utterly defeated, the king w...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _turned back_ Far over the western hills Joshua pursued the flying hosts before he "turned back," and took Hazor, and because of its prominence as the chief city of these petty northern kingdoms, burn...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Destruction of Hazor Joshua 11:10-15_ 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JOSHUA AT THAT TIME TURNED BACK, AND TOOK HAZOR, AND SMOTE THE KING THEREOF WITH THE SWORD: FOR HAZOR BEFORETIME WAS THE HEAD OF ALL THOSE KINGDOMS._ Joshua ... turned back and (re-crossing the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH Here there is no trace, as in the former case, of miraculous interposition. Joshua's generalship, courage, swiftness and loyalty are the prominent factors in the achievement...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 11 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֨שָׁב יְהֹושֻׁ֜עַ בָּ † עֵ֤ת הַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOSHUA'S OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD'S COMMANDS Joshua 11:1 The scene is removed to the waters of Merom, near the sources of the Jordan. Hazor was the capital of the region; Jabin, like Pharaoh, was an her...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A new confederacy had now to be faced and fought. Conscious of their peril, the northern kings now joined in an attempt to break the power of those conquering hosts. Turning north, Joshua led an attac...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Joshua 11:1-23 concludes the brief summary of the conquest of the land of Canaan. Jabin, king of Hazor, called for a number of the kings of the north to align with him and attack Israel. God again rea...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _King. Jabin had thrown himself into the city, or perhaps a new king had been appointed, according to the custom of Persia, &c., when the former went to battle. Hence we find so many kings of Israel w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    As Hazor was the ringleader of this war, for so we read in the opening of the chapter, Joshua directed his special vengeance on him. This Hazor is a remarkable place in scripture, for it contained the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Israel's victories bring fresh war upon them; but the confederation of their enemies only serves to deliver them all together into their hands. If God will not have peace, it is because He will have v...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSHUA AT THAT TIME TURNED BACK AND TOOK HAZOR,.... After he had chased the Canaanites to the places mentioned, he returned to Hazor, near to which Joshua first fell upon them, but through the pur...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. Ver. 10. _And smote the king thereof._] The ne...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king_ In his royal city, to which he fled out of the battle. _Head of those kingdoms_ Not of all Canaan, but of all those who were confederate with him in this expedition....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Diuers Kings ouercome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the countrey taken by Ioshua. 21 The Anakims cut off. [IOSHUA CONQUERETH DIUERS KINGS.] 1 AND it came to passe,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ENEMIES (vs.1-15) Israel's returning for the time being to Gilgal gave time for the nations in the north to mobilize. In this God's wisdom is evident, for He brought these natio...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-14 The Canaanites filled up the measure of their iniquity, and were, as a judgment, left to the pride, obstinacy, and enmity of their hearts, and to the power of Satan; all restraints being withdra...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SMOTE THE KING THEREOF; either in the former battle, though it be mentioned here; or rather in his royal city, to which he fled out of the battle. THE HEAD OF ALL THOSE KINGDOMS; not of all Canaan, bu...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 11:10 Joshua H3091 back H7725 (H8799) time H6256 took H3920 (H8799) Hazor H2674 struck H5221 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor, and smote its king with the sword, for Hazor previously was the head of all those kingdoms.' It is noteworthy that the king of Hazor, as with his...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Final conquest of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Jabin, Jobab. CONCLUSION: Those who, through obedience to His precepts, have God on their side, need not be disturbed as to the number an...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 11:1. _Hazor,_ then the metropolis of a powerful kingdom, Jeremiah 49:28, is situate on Lake _Merom,_ forty miles north of the sea of Galilee. Jabin with all the allies, 300,000 infantry, and 2...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When Jabin king of Hazor had heard._ TAKE HEED HOW YE HEAR I. Healing and not hearing. The tidings of the overthrow of Sihon and Og, and the fall of Jericho, seem to have made almost no impression...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:1__ The northern campaign takes shape as an effort to defend the Israelites against the coalition of northern kings gathered around Jabin of Hazor. ⇐

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:10 Joshua BURNED HAZOR WITH FIRE (v. Joshua 11:11). He struck the other coalition cities as well, devoting them to

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE OVERTHROW OF THE CITIES OF THE NORTH, AND GENERAL RETROSPECT_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 11:1. Hazor] In Joshua 11:11, Hazor is described as “the head” of all the kingdoms named in Joshua 11:1. It...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR.— JOSHUA 11:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly speaking, the cause of its overthrow. The division of the country into a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter eleven, the other kings when they had heard what happened to these kings that had come out against them, they also went out with their host. These are now the kings that are in the area...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:2...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH Joshua 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have heard of old that "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." This is true. The outstanding feature in...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The king — In his royal city, to which he fled out of the battle. Head of these kingdoms — Not of all Canaan, but of all those who were confederate with him in this expedition....

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