_JOSHUA COMMANDED TO DIVIDE THE LAND: THE CITIES AND BOUNDARIES OF THE
TWO AND A HALF TRIBES_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 13:1. Old and stricken in years] _Heb. = “old and come into
days_,” or “_years_.” A common form of expression for advanced
age (Genesis 18:11; Genesis 24:1). Repeated of Joshua (cha... [ Continue Reading ]
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 afterwards retaken by Moab
(Isaiah 15:2). Dibon, now _Diban_, was rebuilt by the Gadites after it
was... [ Continue Reading ]