JOSHUA CHAPTER 11 The other kings and cities of Canaan gather themselves together to fight against Israel, JOSHUA 11:1. God encourages Joshua, promising him victory, JOSHUA 11:6. The Canaanites destroyed; their cities taken; Hazor burnt; the Anakims cut off, JOSHUA 11:7; those in Gaza, Gath, and Ash... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAINS, Heb. _on the north_ (which may be the general designation of all the particular places following, that they were in the northern parts of Canaan, as those mentioned JOS 10, were in the southern parts) _in the mountain_; either in or near the famous mountain of Lebanon,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Canaanites properly so called lived part of them on the east near Jordan, and part on the west near the sea, and both are here united. THE HIVITE UNDER HERMON; that dwelt under Mount Hermon in the north of Canaan, whereby they are differenced from those Hivites who lived in Gibeon; of which befo... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE WATERS OF MEROM; a lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the king of Shimron, or Shimron-meron, and near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost in the middle of these confederate kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUGH THEIR HORSES, i.e. cut their hamstrings, that they may be unfit for war. For God forbade them to have or keep many horses, DEUTERONOMY 17:16, now especially, that they might not trust to their horses, as men are apt to do, nor distrust God for want of so necessary a help in battle; nor ascribe... [ Continue Reading ]
When they least expected them, intending there to refresh, and prepare, and order themselves for the offensive war which they designed.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZIDON, a great and famous city in the north-west part of Canaan, and upon the sea. MISREPHOTH-MAIM, a place not far from Zidon, supposed to be so called from the salt or glass which they made there. The valley of Mizpeh, under Mount Hermon, as appears by comparing this with JOSHUA 11:3,17, where it... [ Continue Reading ]
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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, but of all those who were confederate with him in this expedition.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS NOT ANY, i.e. no human person.... [ Continue Reading ]
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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 together with their walls in the taking of them. SAVE HAZOR ONLY; which though taken by the Israelit... [ Continue Reading ]
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ALL THAT LAND, of Cannaan, whose parts here follow. _The hill_, or, _the mountain_, i.e. the mountainous country, to wit, of Judea, as may seem, 1. Because in the following enumeration he begins in the south parts, where there was an eminent mountain, NUMBERS 13:17. 2. Because a considerable part... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT GOETH UP TO SEIR i.e. to the country of Seir or Edom, to wit, that part of it which was south from Judea, not that which was eastward from it, as appears from hence, that here, as also JOSHUA 12:7, is mention of the two extreme bounds of the land conquered by Joshua; whereof the other which fol... [ Continue Reading ]
For divers years together, as is evident by the following history, and by comparing DEUTERONOMY 2:14 with JOSHUA 14:7, &c. And this is here expressed, lest it should be thought that as all these wars are here recorded in a short narration, so they were despatched in a short time. And God would have... [ Continue Reading ]
To wit, all that were taken by Joshua, were taken by the sword, and therefore it is no wonder that the war was long, when the enemy was so obstinate.... [ Continue Reading ]
It was the design of God's providence not to soften their hearts to a compliance with the Israelites, but to give them up to their own animosity, pride, confidence, and stubbornness; that so both their abominable and incorrigible wickedness might be severely punished and that the Israelites might no... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THAT TIME, i.e. in that war; for it cannot be meant of any particular and short time, because the work here related was done in divers times and years. THE ANAKIMS; a race of giants, of which see NUMBERS 13:33. FROM THE MOUNTAIN, or, mountains, the singular number for the plural: these barbarous... [ Continue Reading ]
Three cities of the Philistines, to which they retired, and where we find some of them afterwards, 1 SAMUEL 17:4 2 SAMUEL 21:16; which may be one reason why the Israelites durst not make an attempt upon these places, though they were a part of their possession.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WHOLE LAND, synecdochically, i.e. the greatest and the best part of it, for some parts and places are expressly excepted in the following history. FROM WAR; from actual war; so far that they could now quietly survey, and distribute, and possess the land.... [ Continue Reading ]