JERUSALEM. vision of peace. First occ, is connected with war, and next mention is siege and fire (Judges 1:8); called Jebus (Judges 19:10). Assigned by Joshua to Benjamin (Joshua 18:28). TAKEN AI. Compare Joshua 8:23. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish_ or _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. So some codices, with two early printed editions; but Hein text has "hands". MOUNTAINS. hill country.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SAID. See note on Joshua 3:7. HAND. Written plural, but read singular in Hebrew text. In some codices and six early printed editions, "hand" both written and read. Other codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands". THERE. Some codices, with two... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-HORON. the 'Upper Beth-horon, which stood at the head of the Pass to the coast. AZEKAH. Near Shochoh, where Goliath afterwards opposed Israel (1 Samuel 17:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN. the heavens; i.e. the clouds.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Here the Septuagint supplies the words omitted by _Homoeoteleuton_ (App-6) of the word "Israel, [when He destroyed them in Gibeon, and they were destroyed before the sons of] Israel". SUN. the sun itself, because of what is said in the next verse. STAND THOU STILL. Habakkuk 3:11. This is no... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD STILL. waited silently. THE BOOK OF JASHER. Why may not this be "the book of the Upright", another name for Israel, like Jeshurun? See note on Deuteronomy 32:15. Is. It is so in Arabic and Syriac. It is mentioned in 2 Samuel 1:18. In the Targum it is "the book of the Law". Josephus appeals to... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _ish_ or _'enosh_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. HEBREW _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. plural of _ish_ App-14. THESE KINGS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "these five kings".... [ Continue Reading ]
BE STRONG, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK THEM DOWN. Compare Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 21:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOULS. Plural of _nephesh._ App-14. Seven times in this chapter: Joshua 10:40 puts "all that breathed" instead. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIBNAH. Afterward one of the cities of the priests. Joshua 21:13. See note on 2 Chronicles 21:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
EDGE. mouth. Figure of speech _Pleonasm._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LACHISH. Destroyed and rebuilt seven times.. strong city, as shown by recent explorations.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE SECOND DAY.. most significant statement. In 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chronicles 32:9, Sennacherib besieged it; yet when Rabshakeh returned from Jerusalem he found the siege raised (2 Kings 19:8). Similar proof of its strength given in Jeremiah 34:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
GEZER. See note on 1 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 9:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
EGLON, about two miles east of Lachish, now Ajlan.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEBRON, before called _Kirjath-arba,_ Judges 1:10. Some Canaanites afterwards returned here, Judges 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEBIR. Oracle: south of Hebron. Called _Kirjath_ sepher. Book Town (Joshua 15:15.Judges 1:11; Judges 1:11), and _Kirjath_ sannah. Precept Town (Joshua 15:49);.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNTRY OF THE HILLS. the land of the hill country. BREATHED. had _neshamah._ App-16. COMMANDED. Compare Deuteronomy 20:16; Deuteronomy 20:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
KADESH-BARNEA. This verse describes Joshua's conquests West, South. and North.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL. For the reason, see App-23 and App-25.... [ Continue Reading ]