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Verse Joshua 11:6. _BE NOT AFRAID - OF THEM_] To meet such a
formidable host so well equipped, in their own country, furnished with
all that was necessary to supply a numerous army, required more tha...
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HOUGH THEIR HORSES - i. e. cut the sinews of the hinder hoofs. This
sinew once severed cannot be healed, and the horses would thus be
irreparably lamed. This is the first appearance of horses in the w...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
SAID. See note on Joshua 3:7.
HOUGH. sever the hamstring....
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_And the Lord said_ We may believe that Joshua was already some way on
the march when these encouraging words were addressed to him. The
distance from his encampment to the waters of Merom was too gre...
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_VER._ 6. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA_— This was spoken in the
camp at Gilgal. It is difficult to conceive how this matter could have
been literally accomplished; since, from Gilgal to Hazor was si...
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_The Defeat of Jabin Joshua 11:1-9_
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and
to the king of Achshaph,...
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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, BE NOT AFRAID BECAUSE OF THEM: FOR TO
MORROW ABOUT THIS TIME WILL I DELIVER THEM UP ALL SLAIN BEFORE ISRAEL:
THOU SHALT HOUGH THEIR HORSES, AND BURN THEIR CHARIOTS WITH...
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11:6 slain (d-23) Lit. 'pierced through.'...
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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...
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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...
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COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES!
JOSHUA
_BRIAN ROWLANDS_
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CHAPTER 11
THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...
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THOU SHALT HOUGH THEIR HORSES. — See Note on Joshua 11:9, and
observe that the command of Jehovah is the authority for the act....
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֣ה אֶל ־יְהֹושֻׁעַ֮
אַל ־תִּ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Hamstring their horses, &c. God so ordained, that his people might
not trust in chariots and horses, but in him. (Challoner) --- He
mentions the very time, when the victory will be obtained, to inspi...
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I beg the Reader to remark with me on this verse, how gracious the
Lord is to his servants, in the repeated communications of his assured
love and favor. Joshua had been told by his God, that he would...
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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...
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6._And the Lord said unto, Joshua, _etc The greater the labor and
difficulty of destroying an army, so numerous and so well equipped,
the more necessary was it to inspire them with new confidence. The...
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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...
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AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JOSHUA, BE NOT AFRAID BECAUSE OF THEM,.... Of
their number, of their horsemen, and of their scythed chariots; which
might at first hearing occasion some fear and dread. And acco...
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And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:
thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with...
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_I will deliver them up all slain_ The Seventy translate this
τετροπωμενους, _put to flight:_ and it is certain they
were not all slain, but many of them fled. The meaning therefore can
only be, that...
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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,...
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THE SECOND ALLIANCE OF HEATHEN KINGS AND THEIR DEFEAT...
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and the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for
tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before
Israel; thou shall hough, hamstring, THEIR HORSES, AND BURN THEIR
CHA...
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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...
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1-9 The wonders God wrought for the Israelites were to encourage them
to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war against Satan's kingdom,
carried on by preaching the gospel, was at first forwarded by...
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HOUGH THEIR HORSES, i.e. cut their hamstrings, that they may be unfit
for war. For God forbade them to have or keep many horses, DEUTERONOMY
17:16, now especially, that they might not trust to their h...
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‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for
tomorrow about this time I will deliver them up all slain before
Israel. You shall hough their horses and burn their chariots with
fir...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:6 In keeping with the prohibition against
placing confidence in military strength (see Deuteronomy 17:16),
Joshua is told to hamstring their horses and
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 11:9; 2 Chronicles 20:16; 2 Samuel 8:4; Deuteronomy 7:16;...
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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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Hough their horses — Cut their hamstrings that they may my be unfit
for war. For God forbad them to keep many horses, now especially, that
they might not trust to their horses, nor ascribe the conques...