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Joshua 23:4

these nations that remain Joshua reminds them that not only the nations who had been actually conquered, but the remnants still unsubdued, were delivered into their power.

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See also Joshua 23:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 23:4. _I HAVE DIVIDED - THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN_] The whole of the promised land had been portioned out, as well those parts which had not yet been conquered, as those from which the a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. JOSHUA'S TWO ADDRESSES The First Address CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The people gathered (Joshua 23:1)_ 2. God's faithfulness remembered (Joshua 23:3) 3. Exhortations to obedience (Joshua 23:6) 4. Warni

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismoe._ App-6....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A Review of Joshua's Work Joshua 23:1-5_ And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BEHOLD, I HAVE DIVIDED UNTO YOU BY LOT THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN, TO BE AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR TRIBES, FROM JORDAN, WITH ALL THE NATIONS THAT I HAVE CUT OFF, EVEN UNTO THE GREAT SEA WESTWARD._ No J...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST FAREWELL ADDRESS OF JOSHUA This discourse was probably delivered at Shiloh or Timnath-Serah. Unlike the Second Discourse, which is mainly a historical retrospect, it dwells chiefly upon the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN] Like chapter Joshua 13:2, to the substance of which it probably refers, this passage serves to modify the unqualified character of such summaries of conquest as Joshua 10:40...

  • 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 23 JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO HIS LEADERS – J...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, I HAVE DIVIDED UNTO YOU BY LOT THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN. — Here, as in Joshua 13:1, and afterwards, in Judges 2:23, the preliminary and partial nature of the conquest achieved by Joshua is di...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רְאוּ֩ הִפַּ֨לְתִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶֽת ־הַ֠ גֹּויִם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXI. JEHOVAH THE CHAMPION OF ISRAEL. Joshua 23:1. THE last two Chapter s of Joshua are very like each other. Each professes to be a report of the aged leader's farewell meeting with the hea...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOSHUA'S FAREWELL ADDRESS Joshua 23:1 Joshua's anxiety for the welfare of his people after his death has New Testament parallels. See Acts 20:29; 2 Peter 1:13; and especially...

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

    As the time approached for Joshua's passing, he twice gathered the people together and delivered to them his farewell messages. The first of these is contained in this chapter. Its burden was of the...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    As Joshua neared the end of his life, he called for all the leaders of the people to meet with him. He reminded them that it was God who fought for them in the conquest of the land. How else could the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    And now. Hebrew, "Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations, which remain to be subdued, to be an inheritance for your tribes from the Jordan, (these two words are transposed, and should co...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe with what confidence the man of God speaks of future blessings; and how he makes the review of past mercies, the foundation of all that are yet to come. Reader! pause over this doctrine. May t...

  • 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

    BEHOLD, I HAVE DIVIDED TO YOU BY LOT THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN,.... Who are unsubdued, not yet conquered, as well as those that are TO BE AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR TRIBES; to be possessed by them and t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. Ver. 4...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And ye have seen_ Or rather, _Behold ye have seen;_ for so the particle _ve_, which we translate _and_, sometimes signifies, as Genesis 24:31. _All that the Lord hath done because of you_ For your go...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ioshuas exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatnings. 1 AND it came to passe, a long time after that the LORD had giuen rest vnto Israel from all thei...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, those that had not yet been exterminated, TO BE AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR TRIBES, FROM JORDAN, WITH ALL THE NATIONS THAT I HAVE CUT OFF,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE URGENT EXHORTATION TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LORD...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AN APPEAL ON THE BASIS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS (vs.1-16) Many years had passed now that Joshua calls for all Israel, elders, heads, judges and officers, and tells them he is old and advanced in age (vs...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WESTWARD: _ Heb._ at the sun set...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Joshua was old and dying, let them observe what he said now. He put them in mind of the great things God had done for them in his days. He exhorted them to be very courageous. Keep with care, do...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THESE NATIONS THAT REMAIN, not yet conquered. TO BE AN INHERITANCE FOR YOUR TRIBES; you shall certainly subdue them, and inherit their land, as you have done the rest, if you be not wanting to yoursel...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 23:4 See H7200 (H8798) divided H5307 (H8689) nations H1471 remain H7604 (H8737) inheritance H5159 tribes...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations I have cut off, even unto the Great Sea westward (toward the going down...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Last counsels of Joshua. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua. CONCLUSION: As all good things come upon the believer according to the promise, so long as we have kept close to God, so all evil things w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 23:7. _Neither make mention of the name of their gods._ This prohibition is often repeated, and it involves mythology in difficulties. The LXX had authorities for saying, Joshua 24:33, that the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have divided unto you by lot these nations._ JOSHUA THE COLONIST Great colonists as we are, and greater as, with the growth of our wealth and therefore of our population, we are likely to be, it m...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I am old and stricken in age: and ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done._ OLD AGE As in the snowy realms of the Alps lovely flowers open their cheerful petals to the sky, so, notwithsta...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 23:1 The next generation of leaders is charged in terms echoing the charge to Joshua in ch. Joshua 1:1....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 23:4 I HAVE ALLOTTED... THOSE NATIONS THAT REMAIN. Joshua reminds Israel’s leaders of the Lord’s promise to DRIVE... OUT the remaining peoples and their own responsibility to...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOSHUA’S FIRST FAREWELL ADDRESS_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 23:1. A long time after that the Lord had given rest] Probably the beginning of this period is to be reckoned from the time indicated in chap...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOSHUA'S SOLEMN CHARGE.— JOSHUA 23:1 WAXED OLD AND STRICKEN IN AGE. Literally, _was old, advanced in days _(see Joshua 13:1). But this refers to a more advanced age still, when the patria...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter twenty-three, It came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest to Israel (Joshua 23:1) A long time, being about seventeen years. So from the time that they conquered the lan...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Joshua 13:2; Joshua 13:6; Joshua 13:7; Joshua 18:10...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HALLOWED REMINISCENCES Joshua 23:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A glorious rest. Our study opens with very striking words: "And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel f...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    That remain — Not yet conquered. An inheritance — You shall certainly subdue them, and inherit their hand, as you have done the rest, if you be not wanting to yourselves. All the nations — That is, wi...

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