Joshua 12 - Introduction
Consult the notes to the passages referred to in the margin.... [ Continue Reading ]
Consult the notes to the passages referred to in the margin.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE PLAIN ON THE EAST - i. e. the Arabah or depressed tract along the east bank of Jordan, the modern El-Ghor (see Numbers 22:1). Joshua 12:2 FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER - i. e. as appears from Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16, “from the city that is in the midst of the river;” namely,, Ar Moab (see... [ Continue Reading ]
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign fo... [ Continue Reading ]