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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Joshua 11:15

As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua,.... Which was to destroy the people of the land, Deuteronomy 7:1;

so did Joshua, he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses; both with respect to the destruction of the people, and of all their images, pictures, altars, groves, and high places; see

Exodus 34:11.

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  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AS. according as. Compare Exodus 34:11. ON. Compare Deuteronomy 7:2....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _As the Lord commanded Moses_ For this command of God to Moses comp. (_a_) Exodus 34:11-16; (_b_) Numbers 33:51-54; (_c_) Deuteronomy 20:16; and for the transference of the command to Joshua c

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 15. _JOSHUA—LEFT NOTHING UNDONE OF ALL THAT THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES_— Spinosa is pleased to say, that this eulogy is too great to have fallen from the pen of Joshua; whence he concludes, that...

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ALL THE SPOIL OF THESE CITIES, AND THE CATTLE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOOK FOR A PREY UNTO THEMSELVES; BUT EVERY MAN THEY SMOTE WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, UNTIL THEY HAD DESTROYED THEM, NEITHER...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:15 nothing (h-19) Or 'not a word.'...

  • 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

    כַּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־מֹשֶׁ֣ה עַבְ

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Moses. It is not to be doubted but that the lawgiver would communicate many instructions, by word of mouth, to his successor. He would also tell him, in general, to observe whatever laws had been giv...

  • 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 Trapp Complete Commentary

    As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 15. _As the Lord commanded._] This is often...

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

    _As the Lord commanded Moses_, &c. See Exodus 34:11, 12; Deuteronomy 31:7. _So did Joshua: he left nothing undone_ This is a demonstration that Moses left in writing what _the Lord commanded_, as we r...

  • 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

    As the Lord commanded Moses, His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. If the children of God trust in Him with full obe...

  • 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)

    LEFT NOTHING UNDONE: _ Heb._ he removed nothing...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-23 Never let the sons of Anak be a terror to the Israel of God, for their day to fall will come. The land rested from war. It ended not in a peace with the Canaanites, that was forbidden, but in a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 11:15 LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (H8765) Moses H4872 servant H5650 Moses H4872 commanded H6680 (H8765) Joshua

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ As YHWH commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that YHWH had commanded Moses.' Joshua's complete obedience is emphasised. He was f...

  • 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

    _He left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses._ THINGS UNDONE “This year omissions have distressed me more than anything.” So speaks Andrew A. Bonar, concluding one of the years of hi...

  • 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

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 11:17. From the mount Halak] _Marg. =_“The smooth mountain;” or “the bare” or “bald” mountain: thought by Robinson and others to be a row of white cliffs, from sixty to eighty...

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 30:12; Acts 20:20; Acts 20:27; Deuteronomy 12:32;...

  • 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...

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