JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:1__ The northern campaign takes shape as an effort to defend the Israelites against the coalition of northern kings gathered around Jabin of Hazor. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:4 The GREAT HORDE gathered by the northern city-kings had CHARIOTS of light construction, with four-spoked wheels, drawn by two HORSES (contrast the “chariots of iron” of Joshua 17:16). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:5 MEROM may be another name for Madon (v. Joshua 11:1). It was probably 5 miles (8 km) west of the Sea of Galilee. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:6 In keeping with the prohibition against placing confidence in military strength (see Deuteronomy 17:16), Joshua is told to HAMSTRING THEIR HORSES AND BURN THEIR CHARIOTS. Hamstringing would have involved cutting the horses’ equivalent of the Achilles tendon, which would ma... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:10 Joshua BURNED HAZOR WITH FIRE (v. Joshua 11:11). He struck the other coalition cities as well, DEVOTING THEM TO DESTRUCTION (v. Joshua 11:12; see note on 6:17–18). None of these other cities was burned EXCEPT HAZOR ALONE (Joshua 11:13). Only three sites (Jericho in Joshua... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:16 Joshua’s conquest of Canaan took A LONG TIME, perhaps seven years. IT WAS THE LORD’S DOING TO HARDEN THEIR HEARTS. On human responsibility vs. divine sovereignty, compare the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 4:21 and notes). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docum [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:21 Joshua CUT OFF THE ANAKIM. This was the race of giants amid whom the terrified Israelite spies had felt like “grasshoppers” (Numbers 13:33). Joshua has now largely destroyed this threat (see Joshua 14:6). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (v [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:23 This verse begins the transition from the conquest phase (JOSHUA TOOK THE WHOLE LAND) to the occupation phase (JOSHUA GAVE IT FOR AN INHERITANCE TO ISRAEL; see chs. Joshua 13:1). REST FROM WAR. There will be more fighting when the Israelites try to occupy the conquered te... [ Continue Reading ]