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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Joshua 12:21

the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one, both these cities being situated in the Valley of Jezreel;

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 12:21. _TAANACH_] A city in the half tribe of Manasseh, to the west of Jordan, not far from the frontiers of Zebulun, Joshua 17:11. This city was assigned to the Levites, Joshua 21:25....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Taanach_ Almost always in company with Megiddo, one of the chief towns of the rich district which forms the western portion of the great plain of Esdraelon (1 Kings 4:12). It was a city of the Levite...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 21. _THE KING OF TAANACH—THE KING OF MEGIDDO_— Taanach, a city assigned to the Levites, chap. Judges 21:25 in the half tribe of Manasseh, to the west of Jordan, chap. Judges 17:11 was not far f...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A List of the Kings Defeated by Joshua 12:9-24_ 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmut...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TAANACH.. MEGIDDO] see on Judges 5:19....

  • 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 12 A LIST OF ALL THE KINGS THAT THE *ISRAEL...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מֶ֤לֶךְ תַּעְנַךְ֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ מְגִדֹּ֖ו אֶחָֽד׃...

  • 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...

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

    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)...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JOSHUA 12:1-24; JOSHUA 13:1-33; JOSHUA 14:1-15; JOSHUA 15:1-63...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Thenac, a city of the Levites, but seized afterwards by the Chanaanites, Judges i. 27. It was near the town of Legion, built by the Romans. --- Mageddo, where Josias was overcome, 2 Paralipomenon xxx...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE KING OF TAANACH, ONE,.... It was in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Jerom says q, in his time it was a large village, distant from Legion on the plain of Esdraelon three miles: THE KING OF M...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 12:21 king H4428 Taanach H8590 one H259 king H4428 Megiddo H4023 one H259 Taanach - Josh

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ The king of Taanach, one, the king of Megiddo, one.' These were kings of two of the major cities of Canaan, situated on either side of the Plain of Esdraelon, each having a large population in the t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 23:30; Joshua 17:11; Judges 5:19

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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