JABIN] king of Hazor. HAZOR] may be Tell el-Hurrawiyeh, 2½ m. S. of Kedesh-Naphtali. SHIMRON] (=Shimron-meron 12:20) is Semûnieh, W. of Nazareth. ACHSHAPH] el Yasîf, the port of Accho. Hazor is again a powerful Canaanite centre in the time of Deborah (Judges 4) and its king bears the same name, or t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH Here there is no trace, as in the former case, of miraculous interposition. Joshua's generalship, courage, swiftness and loyalty are the prominent factors in the achievement. Yet it is made clear here (Joshua 11:6) as ever, that those qualities attained their object becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST] The name 'Canaanite' is more probably geographical than racial. It means 'lowlanders.' In the Amama tablets (14th cent. b.c.) the Land of Canaan means the Phoenician coast; in later Egyptian monuments it includes all W. Syria.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATERS OF MEROM] Probably Lake Huleh, a marshy lake near the sources of the Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT HOUGH, etc.] To 'hough' or 'hock'=to hamstring a horse. This was done, no doubt, during the battle, to stop the charge. The chariots were destroyed afterwards. 16-23. General retrospect of Joshua's campaigns. This paragraph covers the preceding Chapter s as well as chapter Joshua 11:1. T... [ Continue Reading ]
The mountain country and Negeb (dry southern uplands) and Shephelah (low hills skirting the mountains) first mentioned are those of Judah (see on Joshua 10:40), from which the inference has been drawn that the writer was a native of that tribe, because he does not qualify the terms. Then follows the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANAKIMS] This hill-tribe had by their stature made an alarming impression on the original spies (Numbers 13:28 cp. Joshua 14:12). It was from Gath that Goliath came (1 Samuel 17:4) and other giants (2 Samuel 21:18).... [ Continue Reading ]