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Joshua Chapter 11

Joshua

jos 11:0

Overview

Jos 11:1, Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom; Jos 11:10, Hazor is taken and burnt; Jos 11:16, All the country taken by Joshua; Jos 11:21, The Anakims cut off; Jos 11:23, The land rest from war.

Joshua 11:1

jos 11:1

Jabin: Jos 11:10, Jos 12:19, Jos 19:36; Jdg 4:2, Jdg 4:17

he sent: Jos 10:3, Jos 10:4; Psa 2:1-4, Psa 83:1-3; Isa 26:11, Isa 43:2, Isa 43:5-7

Madon: The LXX read Μαρων, which, if legitimate, Calmet thinks may be the same as Maronia or Marath, in Phoenicia, to the north of mount Lebanon, Jos 12:19, Jos 12:20; Jos 19:15, Jos 19:25.

Shimron: Supposed to be the same with Symira, in Coele-Syria, joined to Maron or Marath by Pliny and Pomponius Mela.

Achshaph: Supposed by some to be the same as Achzib or Ecdippa; from which, however, it is distinguished in Jos 19:25, Jos 19:29. It was in the northern part of the tribe of Asher.

Joshua 11:2

jos 11:2

Num 34:11, Chinnereth, Luk 5:1, Gennesaret

on the north: Jos 11:21, Jos 10:6, Jos 10:40; Luk 1:39

Chinneroth: Jerome and others suppose this city to be same as was afterwards called Tiberias, now Tabaria, situated on the western shore of the lake of the same name. Jos 12:3

Dor: Jos 12:23, Jos 17:11; Jdg 1:27; Kg1 4:11

Joshua 11:3

jos 11:3

the Jebusite: Jos 15:63; Num 13:29; Sa2 24:16

Hivite: Jdg 3:3

Hermon: Jos 13:11; Deu 4:48; Psa 89:12, Psa 133:3; Sol 4:8

land: Jos 18:26; Gen 31:49; Jdg 20:1, Jdg 21:5, Jdg 21:8; Sa1 7:5-7, Sa1 10:17; Kg1 15:22; Jer 40:6, Jer 40:10, Jer 41:3, Jer 41:14

Joshua 11:4

jos 11:4

as the sand: Gen 22:17, Gen 32:12; Jdg 7:12; Sa1 13:5; Sa2 17:11; Kg1 4:20

Joshua 11:5

jos 11:5

all these: Psa 3:1, Psa 118:10-12; Isa 8:9; Rev 16:14

met together: Heb. assembled by appointment

waters: This is what Josephus calls the lake Semechon, now called Bahr-el-Houle (Lake Julius) between the head of the Jordan and the lake of Tiberias. According to Josephus it was seven miles long; and according to modern authorities, it is not above two miles broad, except at the north end, where it may be four.

Joshua 11:6

jos 11:6

Be not: Jos 10:8; Psa 27:1, Psa 27:2, Psa 46:11

morrow: Jos 3:5; Jdg 20:28; Sa1 11:9; Ch2 20:16, hough, Jos 11:9; Sa2 8:4

horses: Deu 7:16; Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8, Psa 46:9, Psa 147:10, Psa 147:11; Pro 20:7; Isa 30:16, Isa 31:1; Hos 14:3

Joshua 11:7

jos 11:7

suddenly: Jos 10:9; Th1 5:2, Th1 5:3

Joshua 11:8

jos 11:8

the Lord: Jos 21:44

great Zidon: or, Zidon-rabbah, Jos 19:28; Gen 10:15, Gen 49:13; Zac 9:2

Misrephothmaim: or, salt pits, Heb. burning of waters, Jos 13:6

Joshua 11:9

jos 11:9

he houghed, Jos 11:6; Eze 39:9, Eze 39:10

Joshua 11:10

jos 11:10

Hazor: Jos 11:1; Jdg 4:2

Joshua 11:11

jos 11:11

any left to breathe: Heb. any breath, Jos 10:40

Joshua 11:12

jos 11:12

all the: Jos 10:28, Jos 10:30, Jos 10:32, Jos 10:35, Jos 10:37, Jos 10:39, Jos 10:40

as Moses: Jos 11:15, Jos 8:8, Jos 8:31, Jos 9:24, Jos 10:40; Num 33:52, Num 33:53; Deu 7:2, Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17

Joshua 11:13

jos 11:13

in their: Heb. on their heap, The Vulgate, Syriac, Onkelos and Waterland render âl tillom, "on their hills." As the cities of the plain might be easily attacked and carried, Joshua destroyed them; but as those on mountains, hills, or other eminences, might be retained by him with little trouble, prudence would dictate their preservation. Jer 30:18

Joshua 11:14

jos 11:14

the spoil: Jos 8:27; Num 31:9; Deu 6:10, Deu 6:11, Deu 20:14

neither: Jos 11:11, Jos 10:40

Joshua 11:15

jos 11:15

the Lord: Jos 11:12; Exo 34:11-13

so did Moses: Deu 7:2, Deu 31:7

and so did Joshua: Jos 1:7; Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43; Deu 4:5; Ch2 30:12

he left nothing: Heb. removed nothing, Deu 4:2, Deu 12:32; Sa1 15:1-3, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 15:9, Sa1 15:11, Sa1 15:19-22; Mat 23:23; Luk 11:42; Act 20:20, Act 20:27

Joshua 11:16

jos 11:16

all that land: Gen 15:18-21; Num 34:2-13; Deu 34:2, Deu 34:3

hills: Jos 9:1, Jos 12:8

the land: Jos 10:41

the mountain: Jos 11:21; Eze 17:23, Eze 36:1-3, Eze 36:8

Joshua 11:17

jos 11:17

the mount Halak: or, the smooth mountain

that goeth: Gen 32:3; Deu 2:1, Deu 33:2

Seir: Jos 11:3, Jos 1:4, Jos 12:7, Jos 13:5

all their: Josh. 12:7-24; Deu 7:24

Joshua 11:18

jos 11:18

a long time: Caleb was forty years old when sent from Kadesh-barnea to spy the land, and he was eighty-five at the conclusion of this war (Jos 14:10). Almost thirty-nine years of this time were spent before Israel passed Jordan; which leaves between six and seven for the term of Joshua's wars. Jos 11:23, Jos 14:7-10

Joshua 11:19

jos 11:19

the Hivites: Josh. 9:3-27

Joshua 11:20

jos 11:20

it was: Exo 4:21, Exo 9:16; Deu 2:30; Jdg 14:4; Sa1 2:25; Kg1 12:15, Kg1 22:20-23; Ch2 25:16; Isa 6:9, Isa 6:10; Rom 9:18, Rom 9:22, Rom 9:23

as the Lord: Jos 11:12-15; Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17

Joshua 11:21

jos 11:21

the Anakims: Jos 14:12-14, Jos 15:13, Jos 15:14; Num 13:22, Num 13:23; Deu 1:28, Deu 2:21, Deu 9:2; Jdg 1:10, Jdg 1:11, Jdg 1:20; Jer 3:23, Jer 9:23; Amo 2:9

Joshua destroyed: Jos 10:42, Jos 24:11, Jos 24:12; Psa 110:5, Psa 110:6, Psa 149:6-9; Rev 6:2, Rev 19:11-21

Joshua 11:22

jos 11:22

only in Gaza: Jdg 3:3; Sa1 17:4; Sa2 21:16-22; Ch1 18:1, Ch1 29:4-8

Ashdod: Jos 15:46; Ch2 26:6; Neh 13:23, Neh 13:24

Joshua 11:23

jos 11:23

according to all: Exo 23:27-31, Exo 34:11; Num 34:2-13; Deu 11:23-25

according to their: Josh. 14:1-19:51; Num 26:52-55

And the land: Jos 11:18, Jos 14:15, Jos 21:44, Jos 21:45, Jos 22:4, Jos 23:1; Psa 46:9; Ti2 4:7, Ti2 4:8; Heb 4:8, Heb 4:9


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