Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Joshua 10:29-36
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse 29. _FOUGHT AGAINST LIBNAH_] This city was near Makkedah, see Joshua 15:42, and fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 10:20; Joshua 10:42, and was given to the priests,...
LIBNAH - The word means “white” or “distinct,” and undoubtedly points to some natural feature of the spot, perhaps the “Garde Blanche” of the Crusaders, a castle which stood on or near the white cliff...
10. THE VICTORIOUS CONQUEST CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Adoni-zedec and his confederacy (Joshua 10:1)_ 2. The war (Joshua 10:7) 3. The miracle (Joshua 10:12) 4. The victory won ...
CONQUEST OF S. CANAAN. This section is late and is from the hand of the Deuteronomist. Well-known passages in this and other books show it to be quite unhistorical. In 33 the king of Gezer (Judges 1:2...
LIBNAH. Afterward one of the cities of the priests. Joshua 21:13. See note on 2 Chronicles 21:19....
_unto Libnah_ In a westerly direction. Libnah belonged to the district of the Shephelah, the maritime lowland of Judah, and we find it enumerated among the cities of this district (Joshua 15:42). With...
The Conquest of Southern Palestine 28. _And that day_ The victory of Beth-horon did not stand alone. It involved other consequences in its train. It inaugurated a campaign, which may have lasted some...
_VER._ 29-32. _THEN JOSHUA PASSED—UNTO LIBNAH—AND—FROM LIBNAH—UNTO LACHISH,_ &C.— Having refreshed his army, Joshua brought it before Libnah, a town near Makkedah, chap. Judges 15:41 and which, afterw...
_The Summary of the Conquest Joshua 10:28-43_ 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that wer...
THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CANAAN This chapter narrates the successful campaign against the five confederate chiefs of the S., who are roused by the fall of Jericho and Ai and the alliance with Gibeon,...
LIBNAH] in the lowlands of Judah: also LACHISH (Joshua 10:31), GEZER (Joshua 10:33) and EGLON (Joshua 10:34)....
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THEN. — Better, simply _and._ The operations against Libnah are the commencement of a further stage of the campaign. Libnah has not been identified; but see Joshua 15:42....
וַ יַּעֲבֹ֣ר יְ֠הֹושֻׁעַ וְ כָֽל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל...
CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF BETHHORON. Joshua 10:1. OUT of the larger confederacy of the whole Canaanite chiefs against Joshua and his people recorded in the beginning of chap 9, a smaller number, he...
This action of the Gibeonites in securing their own safety aroused the anger of the confederate kings and they proceeded to act against Gibeon in order to punish it. In their peril the men of Gibeon a...
When the king of Jerusalem learned that Ai had fallen and the even more powerful city of Gibeon had made a treaty with Israel, he called upon four other kings to join with him in an attack on Gibeon....
I bring all these into one point of view for the sake of shortness. They only serve to illustrate the astonishing victory of Joshua. But the grand point I wish to interest the Reader to attend to in t...
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...
29._Then Joshua. passed, _etc We have now a description of the taking of the cities, out of which the army of the enemy had been raised; and herein God displayed his power no less wonderfully than in...
Moreover, this peace with the Gibeonites only brought fresh attacks upon Israel. But now all is plain. Jehovah says to Joshua, "Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hand." This is all tha...
AND JOSHUA PASSED FROM MAKKEDAH,.... After he had taken it, and destroyed its inhabitants, and its king: AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM; that is, all the men of war he took with him from the camp at Gilgal,...
_Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:_ Ver. 29. _Then Joshua passed, &c._] Like a wise general he pursueth his victories; which if Hannib...
_They took them down_ That neither wild beasts might come to devour them, nor any of their people to give them honourable burial. Thus, that which they thought would have been their shelter was made t...
[GIBEON BESIEGED.] 1 Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 Ioshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailestones. 12 The Sunne and Moone stand still at the word of Ioshua. 16 The fiue Ki...
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, a few miles to the south, AND FOUGHT AGAINST LIBNAH;...
THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CANAAN...
ISRAEL DEFEATS FIVE KINGS (vs.1-10) The news of Gibeon's treaty with Israel greatly alarmed other nations in the land, for Gibeon was considered prominent and important, so that the king of Jerusale...
28-43 Joshua made speed in taking these cities. See what a great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we will be diligent, and improve our opportunities. God here showed his hatred of the id...
ALL ISRAEL, to wit, who were with him in this expedition. LIBNAH, a city of Judah, JOSHUA 15:42...
Joshua 10:29 Joshua H3091 passed H5674 (H8799) Makkedah H4719 Israel H3478 Libnah H3841 fought H3898 (H8735) Libnah
‘ And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. And YHWH delivered it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel. And he smote it with the edge of th...
CONTENTS: Victory at Gibeon, Makkedah, etc. Sun's action halted. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Adonizedek, king of Makkedah. CONCLUSION: When enemies set themselves in array against us and threaten to sw...
Joshua 10:1. _Adonizedek,_ lord of righteousness. _Zedek_ was common in the names of the kings of Jerusalem, as _Melchizedek._ Joshua 10:11. _Great stones hail stones,_ as in many versions. So is Psal...
_All these kings and their laud did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord _. .. _ fought for Israel._ DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY I. God has an indisputable right to dispense his favours to what persons...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:1__ Because the events of ch. Joshua 10:1 are brought on by Canaanite aggression, Israel’s defeat of the south can be viewed as defensive....
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:28 Joshua next conquers the important towns in the southern part of the land, establishing Israel’s hold on it. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 10:29. Libnah] Another of the cities belonging to the Shephelah, or low country of Judah. It was besieged by Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:8), and it was probably in this neighbourho...
EXPOSITION THE BATTLE OF BETH-HORON, AND THE SUBJUGATION OF SOUTHERN PALESTINE.— JOSHUA 10:1 ADONI-ZEDEC (cf. Melchizedek in...
In verse six of chapter ten, The men of Gibeon sent an urgent message to Joshua that they were being attacked. They said, "Now we have this mutual defense pact with you, so come to our aid." And Joshu...
2 Kings 19:8; 2 Kings 8:22; Jeremiah 52:1; Joshua 10:28; Joshua 12:15;
All Israel — Namely, who were with him in this expedition....