Joshua 14:12

this mountain i.e. the mountain of Hebron. "The great elevation of this country above the level of the sea is most forcibly brought out by the journey we have made. From the moment of leaving the "Arabah has been almost a continual ascent. We mounted the great Pass of Sâfeh, and, having mounted, hardly descended at all crossed the great tableland of Beersheba and then mounted the barrier of the hills of Judah and thence have been mounting ever since. Hebron is, in fact, only four hundred feet lower than Helvellyn." Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, p. 102.

whereof the Lord spake These words are a proof that it was not merely a general promise, but a special one in reference to Hebron which Caleb had received.

how the Anakims were there The names of some are specially mentioned, Numbers 13:22; Judges 1:10: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

if so be the Lord More literally, perhaps Jehovah will be with me, and I may drive them out, as Jehovah said. The word "perhaps" does not indicate any doubt, but expresses a hope and desire. "If in hap the Lord is with me, and Y may do hem awai, as he bihiзte to me," Wyclif.