Whether this Debir is the same with that mentioned, Joshua 10:38. I know not. But if it be, perhaps while Joshua was prosecuting the war in other parts, some of the Canaanites had again entered it and fortified it. The ancient name Kirjath sepher, implied the city of learning: or of a book. Probably a school might have been here. As the Egyptians were learned in arts and sciences, so might have been the ancient kingdoms of Canaan. Acts 7:22.
Verse Joshua 15:14. _THE THREE SONS OF ANAK_] Joshua 14:15....
See the marginal references....
3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conques...
JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out h...
CALEB DROVE THENCE. Compare Judges 1:10, It seems that some evidently returned and repossessed it....
The Request of Achsah, Daughter of Caleb 13. _And unto Caleb_ This section, from Joshua 15:13-19, is repeated with slight alterations almost verbatim in Judges 1:10-20. The two sections are probably d...
_the three sons of Anak_ Three chiefs of the Anakims. Comp. Numbers 13:22....
_Caleb's Inheritance Joshua 15:13-19_ 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the f...
_AND CALEB DROVE THENCE THE THREE SONS OF ANAK, SHESHAI, AND AHIMAN, AND TALMAI, THE CHILDREN OF ANAK._ Drove thence the three sons of Anak - rather, three chiefs of the Anakim race (see the note at...
THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE TERRITORY It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descriptio...
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 15 V1 Joshua gave land to the *tribe of Ju...
(13-19) AND UNTO CALEB... This paragraph occurs also in Judges 1:10, with some slight variations. Which is its original place? In Judges it is connected with the continuation of the conquest of Canaan...
וַ יֹּ֤רֶשׁ מִ שָּׁם֙ כָּלֵ֔ב אֶת ־שְׁלֹושָׁ֖
CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1. JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been destined...
63, REWARDS OF COURAGE Joshua 15:13 Arba was the greatest among the Anakim or giants, Joshua 14:15. His three sons were equally formidable, Joshua 15:14. But Caleb subdued them through an omnipotent...
In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies o...
Before the distribution of the land had gone too far, it was appropriate for Caleb to come to Joshua and remind him of the promise God had made (Numbers 14:21-24; Deuteronomy 1:35-36). Caleb says he w...
And Caleb (e) drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (e) This was done after the death of Joshua, (Judges 1:10; Judges 1:20)....
_Enac. These three giants were at Hebron when the spies came thither, Numbers xiii._...
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...
Here we have a narrative of what plainly appears from the book of Joshua to have taken place subsequent to the death of Joshua; but lest a question might have been raised by the novelty of the procedu...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
AND CALEB DROVE THENCE THE THREE SONS OF ANAK,.... Some think this was after the death of Joshua, and is here inserted by some other person divinely inspired, and thoroughly acquainted with this fact,...
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Ver. 14. _And Caleb drove thence._] _Nos quoque militemus,_ Heaven is not to be had _sine sanguin...
_Caleb drove thence_ That is, from the said territory, from their caves and forts in it; these giants having either recovered their cities, or defended themselves in the mountains. Caleb did not drive...
1 The borders of the lot of Iudah. 13 Calebs portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife. 18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The Cities of Iuda...
And Caleb drove thence, as he had promised, Joshua 14:12, THE THREE SONS OF ANAK, SHESHAI, AND AHIMAN, AND TALMAI, THE CHILDREN OF ANAK....
Caleb's Possession....
THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south of J...
13-19 Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched. She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and...
THENCE, i.e. from the said territory, from their caves and and forts in it: compare JOSHUA 14:12. This and the following work was done either in Joshua's life-time, as may seem from JOSHUA 11:21, or a...
Joshua 15:14 Caleb H3612 drove H3423 (H8686) three H7969 sons H1121 Anak H6061 Sheshai H8344 Ahiman H289 Talmai...
‘ And Caleb drove from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahinam and Talmai, the children of Anak.' For these three sons of Anak compare Numbers 13:22. Their size was one of the main reasons fo...
CONTENTS: Land divisions; the portion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Caleb, Othniel, Achsah. CONCLUSION: It is no breach of God's law moderately to desire those comforts and conveniences of life...
Joshua 15:1. _This then was the lot of Judah._ After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rather...
_To him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife._ OTHNIEL’S CONQUEST OF DEBIR I. The spirit which influenced caleb in the disposal of achsah. He sought to unite her to a man-- (1) Honourable for his...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:1 As the distribution of western lands begins, the important tribe of JUDAH receives its land first. The tribal boundaries are described (vv. Joshua 1
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:13 HE GAVE TO CALEB... CALEB DROVE OUT. See note on 14:6–15. OTHNIEL ...
_THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JOSHUA 15:1. This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Joshua 15:...
EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH. JOSHUA 15:1 THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3, wh
So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah, going over at one point, clear to the Mediterranean, the area of...
Joshua 10:36; Joshua 10:37; Joshua 11:21; Judges 1:10; Judges 1:20;...
DIVIDING THE INHERITANCES Joshua 14:6; _Joshua 15:13_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have come to a very interesting place in the early history of Israel even to the dividing of the land, and to the allotti...
Drove thence — That is, from the said territory, from their caves and forts in it. These giants having either recovered their cities, or defended themselves in the mountains. Three sons of Anak — Eith...