A REVIEW OF THE VICTORIES OF MOSES AND JOSHUA This chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following Chapter s narrate the partition of the conquered and some unconquered land. The original account of these conquests is to be found in Numbers 21:... [ Continue Reading ]
SEA OF CHINNEROTH] the OT. name for the Sea of Galilee. SALT SEA] the Dead Sea. 7-24. Joshua's conquests W. of Jordan—thirty-one kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
The N. and S. limits are given as in Joshua 11:17, only in reverse order. ON THIS SIDE JORDAN ON THE WEST] RV 'beyond Jordan westward.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE] i.e. one king.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAANACH.. MEGIDDO] see on Judges 5:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NATIONS] RV 'Goiim.'... [ Continue Reading ]
TIRZAH] (probably=Teiasir) NE. of Shechem. It was afterwards the capital of the Northern Kingdom, from the time of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:17) till the 6th year of Omri, who moved the centre of government to Samaria (1 Kings 16:23).... [ Continue Reading ]