INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 12 This chapter gives a short account of the conquests made by the Israelites, both in the times of Moses and of Joshua, and first of the kingdom of Sihon and Og on the other side Jordan, in the times of Moses, and which he gave to the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the ha... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THESE [ARE] THE KINGS OF THE LAND WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE,.... In the days of Moses, as Jarchi remarks, and as it clearly appears from what follows: AND POSSESSED, THEIR LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN TOWARD THE RISING OF THE SUN; on the east of the land of Canaan: FROM THE RIVER ARN... [ Continue Reading ]
SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES, WHO DWELT IN HESHBON,.... Which he took from the Moabites, and made his capital city, Numbers 21:26; [AND] RULED FROM AROER, WHICH [IS] UPON THE BANK OF THE RIVER OF ARNON; a city of Moab, which never fell into the hands of Sihon, and therefore he is said to rule from it... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FROM THE PLAIN,.... Or rather, "and the plain", the plains of Moab, which, before possessed by the Israelites, belonged to the kingdom of Sihon; and the plains of Jordan, which reached TO THE SEA OF CINNEROTH ON THE EAST; the same with the lake of Gennesaret, and sea of Tiberias, mentioned in t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE COAST OF OG KING OF BASHAN,.... The country that he reigned over, who was another king of the Amorites, smitten by Israel in the times of Moses: [WHICH WAS] OF THE REMNANT OF THE GIANTS; Deuteronomy 3:11: THAT DWELT AT ASHTAROTH AND AT EDREI; of which two places see Deuteronomy 1:4; it see... [ Continue Reading ]
AND REIGNED IN MOUNT HERMON,.... That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, Joshua 11:17, and adjacent to it, of which mountain, Deuteronomy 3:8 and Deuteronomy 3:9; AND IN SALCAH: which was a city belonging to the kingdom of Og, Deuteronomy 3:10; AND IN ALL BASHAN;... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM DID MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SMITE,.... That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in Numbers 21:1; AND MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD GAVE IT; the whole dominion of th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE [ARE] THE KINGS OF THE COUNTRY,.... After particularly named, Joshua 12:9: WHICH JOSHUA AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SMOTE ON THIS SIDE JORDAN ON THE WEST; that is, on the west of Jordan: FROM BAALGAD, IN THE VALLEY OF LEBANON, EVEN UNTO THE MOUNT HALAK, THAT GOETH UP TO SEIR; of which se... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE VALLEYS, AND IN THE PLAINS, AND IN THE SPRINGS, AND IN THE WILDERNESS, AND IN THE SOUTH COUNTRY,.... Which is a description of the whole land of Canaan; some parts of which were hills and mountains, others vales and champaign fields; others were dry and barren, and other... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF JERICHO, ONE,.... Who was first taken, and so named first, Joshua 6:21; THE KING OF AI, WHICH [IS] BESIDE BETHEL, ONE; who was next taken and though Bethel was so near Ai, it had a king of its own, after mentioned, see Joshua 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF JERUSALEM, ONE,.... Whose name was Adonizedek, and was one of the five kings taken and hanged, Joshua 10:1; THE KING OF HEBRON, ONE; another of the five kings, whose name was Hoham, Joshua 10:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF JARMUTH, ONE,.... Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Joshua 10:3; THE KING OF LACHISH, ONE; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Joshua 10:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF EGLON, ONE,.... The last of the five kings, and his name was Debir, Joshua 10:3; THE KING OF GEZER, ONE; who came up to help Lachish, and his name was Horam, Joshua 10:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF DEBIR, ONE,.... The same with Kirjathsepher, of which place, Joshua 10:38; THE KING OF GEDER, ONE: Jerom h seems to confound this with the tower of Eder, beyond which Jacob pitched his tent, Genesis 35:21; and he speaks of a Gaddera in the tribe of Judah, in his time a village belonging... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF HORMAH, ONE,.... Which was formerly called Zephath, Judges 1:17; see Joshua 15:3; THE KING OF ARAD, ONE; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom i says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; see Numbers 21:1. i De Loc. Heb. fol. 92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF LIBNAH, ONE,.... Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, Joshua 10:29; THE KING OF ADULLAM, ONE; a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35; Jerom says k there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the eas... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF MAKKEDAH, ONE,.... In a cave near to which five kings hid themselves, and were taken out and hanged, and the city afterwards was taken by Joshua, Joshua 10:16; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:41; THE KING OF BETHEL, ONE; a city near to Ai, about a mile from it, an... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF TAPPUAH, ONE,.... Which Jerom calls l Thaffu; it signifies an apple, and perhaps had its name from plenty of that fruit that grew there: a city of this name fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34; where also was another place called Bethtappuah, Joshua 15:53; and both different from... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF APHEK, ONE,.... There was a place called Aphekah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:53; and an Aphek that was on the border of the Amorites, Joshua 13:4; and another in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:30; but Adrichomius n places this Aphek in the tribe of Issachar, whose king Joshua smote,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF MADON, ONE,.... Whose name was Jobab, Joshua 11:1; THE KING OF HAZOR, ONE; whose name was Jabin, and of him and his city, Joshua 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF SHIMRONMERON, ONE,.... See Joshua 11:1: this place fell to the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15; THE KING OF ACHSHAPH, ONE; see Joshua 11:1; this city fell to the lot of Asher, Joshua 19:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF TAANACH, ONE,.... It was in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Jerom says q, in his time it was a large village, distant from Legion on the plain of Esdraelon three miles: THE KING OF MEGIDDO, ONE; which belonged to the same tribe, Joshua 17:11; near this place were some waters where... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF KEDESH, ONE,.... Which afterwards fell to the tribe of Naphtali, and was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 19:37; it was situated in upper Galilee on Mount Naphtali, four miles from the city of Sephet, and as many from Capernaum, and twenty miles from Tyre r: THE KING OF JOKNEAM OF CA... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF DOR, IN THE COAST OF DOR, ONE,.... Of which see Joshua 11:2; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them, as were not Taanach and Megiddo, before mentioned, Joshua 17:11 Judges 1:27; THE KING OF THE NATIONS OF GILGAL, ONE; not the place where Joshua encamped after h... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF TIRZAH, ONE,.... To what tribe this place fell is nowhere said: Adrichomius u places it in the tribe of Manasseh; and so does Bunting w, who says of it, that it was a fair and beautiful city, situated on a high and pleasant mountain, in the tribe of Manasseh, twenty four miles from Jerus... [ Continue Reading ]