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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 11:13

The cities that stood still in their strength. — Literally, that stood on their mounds (“quæerant in collibus et in tumulis sitæ.” — Vulg.). Comp. Joshua 11:20. We may fairly suppose that Jericho and Ai committed themselves to hostile measures against Israel, though they were not able to send forth armies against Joshua before they were attacked. Those who “stood still in their strength” are those who remained absolutely neutral in the war. “The men of Jericho fought against you” (Joshua 24:11).

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See also Joshua 11:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 11:13. _THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH_] The word תלם _tillam_, which we translate _their strength_, and the margin, _their heap_, has been understood two ways. 1. As sign...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Render: “But the cities standing each on its own hill” (compare Jeremiah 30:18). The meaning is simply that, with the exception of Hazor, Joshua did not burn the cities, but left them standing, each o...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    FURTHER CONQUESTS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Jabin and his confederacy (Joshua 11:1)_ 2. The divine encouragement (Joshua 11:6) 3. The victory (Joshua 11:7) 4. The obedience of Joshua ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 11. DEFEAT OF JABIN AND HIS COALITION. Jabin, king of Hazor, gathers a vast army of Canaanites at the Waters of Merom (locality uncertain, p. 32). The coalition was utterly defeated, the king w...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the cities that stood still in their strength_ Rather, THE CITIES WHICH STOOD EACH ON ITS OWN HILL, or MOUND, "the citees that weren in the hillis, and in the hillockis set," Wyclif. Comp. Jeremiah 3...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 13. _BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH,_ &C.— The Hebrew is תלם על _al tillam,_ which may signify _a foot,_ or _standing;_ and then the sense would be, that Joshua preser...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Destruction of Hazor Joshua 11:10-15_ 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 1...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _10._ Why were some cities spared? Joshua 11:13 The cities which were spared were described as those which stood still in their strength. This may be an indication of the fact that they had not enter...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH, ISRAEL BURNED NONE OF THEM, SAVE HAZOR ONLY; THAT DID JOSHUA BURN._ As for the cities that stood still in their strength х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:13 hills (f-10) Or 'mounds.' see Jeremiah 30:18 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 11 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רַ֣ק כָּל ־הֶ עָרִ֗ים הָ עֹֽמְדֹות֙ עַל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE OF MEROM. Joshua Chs. 11, 12. THERE is some appearance of confusion in the terms in which the great confederacy of native princes against Israel is brought in. In the beginnin...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOSHUA'S OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD'S COMMANDS Joshua 11:1 The scene is removed to the waters of Merom, near the sources of the Jordan. Hazor was the capital of the region; Jabin, like Pharaoh, was an her...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A new confederacy had now to be faced and fought. Conscious of their peril, the northern kings now joined in an attempt to break the power of those conquering hosts. Turning north, Joshua led an attac...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Joshua 11:1-23 concludes the brief summary of the conquest of the land of Canaan. Jabin, king of Hazor, called for a number of the kings of the north to align with him and attack Israel. God again rea...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But [as for] the cities that stood still in their (g) strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn. (g) Which were strong by situation and not hurt by war....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fire. Several towns built on eminences, were reserved to keep the country in subjection. But it was thought proper to destroy Asor. Hebrew may be, "He burnt not the towns which remained standing, wit...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    As Hazor was the ringleader of this war, for so we read in the opening of the chapter, Joshua directed his special vengeance on him. This Hazor is a remarkable place in scripture, for it contained the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Israel's victories bring fresh war upon them; but the confederation of their enemies only serves to deliver them all together into their hands. If God will not have peace, it is because He will have v...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH,.... Whose walls were not demolished when taken, as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret it, or that "stood upon their heaps" y; upon an eminence, being...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _But [as for] the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn._ Ver. 13. _That stood still in their strength._] Heb., On their heap:...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In their strength_ Hebrew, _with their fence_, walls, or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. _Save Hazor_ Because this city began the war, and, being the chief a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Diuers Kings ouercome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the countrey taken by Ioshua. 21 The Anakims cut off. [IOSHUA CONQUERETH DIUERS KINGS.] 1 AND it came to passe,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, every one on its height or hill, as the inland cities were usually built, ISRAEL BURNED NONE OF THEM, although it overthrew or destroyed them,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SECOND ALLIANCE OF HEATHEN KINGS AND THEIR DEFEAT...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ENEMIES (vs.1-15) Israel's returning for the time being to Gilgal gave time for the nations in the north to mobilize. In this God's wisdom is evident, for He brought these natio...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IN THEIR STRENGTH: _ Heb._ on their heap...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-14 The Canaanites filled up the measure of their iniquity, and were, as a judgment, left to the pride, obstinacy, and enmity of their hearts, and to the power of Satan; all restraints being withdra...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THEIR STRENGTH, Heb. _with_ (for so this preposition is oft used, as EXODUS 35:12 LEVITICUS 2:2 EZEKIEL 16:37, &c.) _their fence_ or _fences_, walls or bulwarks, i.e. which were not utterly ruined...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 11:13 cities H5892 stood H5975 (H8802) mounds H8510 Israel H3478 burned H8313 (H8804) except H2108 Hazor...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ But as for the cities that stood on their tells, Israel did not burn any of them except Hazor only. That Joshua did burn.' The saving of all these cities, as he had saved the others in the South, wa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Final conquest of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Jabin, Jobab. CONCLUSION: Those who, through obedience to His precepts, have God on their side, need not be disturbed as to the number an...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 11:1. _Hazor,_ then the metropolis of a powerful kingdom, Jeremiah 49:28, is situate on Lake _Merom,_ forty miles north of the sea of Galilee. Jabin with all the allies, 300,000 infantry, and 2...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When Jabin king of Hazor had heard._ TAKE HEED HOW YE HEAR I. Healing and not hearing. The tidings of the overthrow of Sihon and Og, and the fall of Jericho, seem to have made almost no impression...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE OVERTHROW OF THE CITIES OF THE NORTH, AND GENERAL RETROSPECT_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 11:1. Hazor] In Joshua 11:11, Hazor is described as “the head” of all the kingdoms named in Joshua 11:1. It...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR.— JOSHUA 11:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly speaking, the cause of its overthrow. The division of the country into a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter eleven, the other kings when they had heard what happened to these kings that had come out against them, they also went out with their host. These are now the kings that are in the area...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 30:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH Joshua 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have heard of old that "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." This is true. The outstanding feature in...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In their strength — Heb. with their fence, walls or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. Save Hazor — Because this city began the war, and being the chief and roya...

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