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Verse Joshua 11:13. _THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH_]
The word תלם _tillam_, which we translate _their strength_, and the
margin, _their heap_, has been understood two ways.
1. As sign...
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Render: “But the cities standing each on its own hill” (compare
Jeremiah 30:18). The meaning is simply that, with the exception of
Hazor, Joshua did not burn the cities, but left them standing, each o...
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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 ...
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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...
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_the cities that stood still in their strength_ Rather, THE CITIES
WHICH STOOD EACH ON ITS OWN HILL, or MOUND, "the citees that weren in
the hillis, and in the hillockis set," Wyclif. Comp. Jeremiah 3...
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_VER._ 13. _BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH,_
&C.— The Hebrew is תלם על _al tillam,_ which may signify _a
foot,_ or _standing;_ and then the sense would be, that Joshua
preser...
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Why were some cities spared? Joshua 11:13
The cities which were spared were described as those which stood still
in their strength. This may be an indication of the fact that they had
not enter...
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_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...
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_BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH, ISRAEL
BURNED NONE OF THEM, SAVE HAZOR ONLY; THAT DID JOSHUA BURN._
As for the cities that stood still in their strength х_ `AL_ (H5921)
_ T...
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11:13 hills (f-10) Or 'mounds.' see Jeremiah 30:18 ....
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 11
THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...
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THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH. — Literally, _that
stood on their mounds_ (“quæerant in collibus et in tumulis
sitæ.” — Vulg.). Comp. Joshua 11:20. We may fairly suppose that
Jericho an...
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רַ֣ק כָּל ־הֶ עָרִ֗ים הָ עֹֽמְדֹות֙
עַל
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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But [as for] the cities that stood still in their (g) strength, Israel
burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn.
(g) Which were strong by situation and not hurt by war....
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_Fire. Several towns built on eminences, were reserved to keep the
country in subjection. But it was thought proper to destroy Asor.
Hebrew may be, "He burnt not the towns which remained standing, wit...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH,.... Whose
walls were not demolished when taken, as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret
it, or that "stood upon their heaps" y; upon an eminence, being...
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_But [as for] the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel
burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn._
Ver. 13. _That stood still in their strength._] Heb., On their heap:...
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_In their strength_ Hebrew, _with their fence_, walls, or bulwarks,
that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. _Save
Hazor_ Because this city began the war, and, being the chief a...
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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,...
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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...
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IN THEIR STRENGTH:
_ Heb._ on their heap...
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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...
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IN THEIR STRENGTH, Heb. _with_ (for so this preposition is oft used,
as EXODUS 35:12 LEVITICUS 2:2 EZEKIEL 16:37, &c.) _their fence_ or
_fences_, walls or bulwarks, i.e. which were not utterly ruined...
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Joshua 11:13 cities H5892 stood H5975 (H8802) mounds H8510 Israel
H3478 burned H8313 (H8804) except H2108 Hazor...
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‘ But as for the cities that stood on their tells, Israel did not
burn any of them except Hazor only. That Joshua did burn.'
The saving of all these cities, as he had saved the others in the
South, wa...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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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
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 30:18...
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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...
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In their strength — Heb. with their fence, walls or bulwarks, that
is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. Save Hazor
— Because this city began the war, and being the chief and roya...