_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,_ And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things. The scene of the sacred narrative is here shifted to the north... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TO THE KINGS THAT WERE ON THE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND OF THE PLAINS SOUTH OF CHINNEROTH, AND IN THE VALLEY, AND IN THE BORDERS OF DOR ON THE WEST,_ The kings ... on the ... mountains - the Antilibanus district. THE PLAINS SOUTH OF CHINNEROTH - The northern part of the Arabah, or valley o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TO THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST, AND TO THE AMORITE, AND THE HITTITE, AND THE PERIZZITE, AND THE JEBUSITE IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND TO THE HIVITE UNDER HERMON IN THE LAND OF MIZPEH._ The Canaanite on the east and on the west - a particular branch of the Canaanite population who occupi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WENT OUT, THEY AND ALL THEIR HOSTS WITH THEM, MUCH PEOPLE, EVEN AS THE SAND THAT IS UPON THE SEA SHORE IN MULTITUDE, WITH HORSES AND CHARIOTS VERY MANY._ They went out ... as the sand ... upon the seashore in multitude. The chiefs of these several tribes were summoned by Jabin, being all... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN ALL THESE KINGS WERE MET TOGETHER, THEY CAME AND PITCHED TOGETHER AT THE WATERS OF MEROM, TO FIGHT AGAINST ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 FIRE._ Tomorrow, about this time. Since it was impossible to have marched from Gilgal to Merom in... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JOSHUA CAME, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF WAR WITH HIM, AGAINST THEM BY THE WATERS OF MEROM SUDDENLY; AND THEY FELL UPON THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF ISRAEL, WHO SMOTE THEM, AND CHASED THEM UNTO GREAT ZIDON, AND UNTO MISREPHOTHMAIM, AND UNTO THE VALLEY OF MIZPEH EASTWARD; AND THEY SMOTE THEM, UNTIL THEY LEFT THEM NONE REMAINING._ They left them none remaining - of those whom they overtook. All those... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA DID UNTO THEM AS THE LORD BADE HIM: HE HOUGHED THEIR HORSES, AND BURNT THEIR CHARIOTS WITH FIRE._ Joshua did ... as the Lord (Joshua 11:6 ) bade him. Houghing the horses is done by cutting the sinews and arteries of their hinder legs, so that they not only become hopelessly lame, but bl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSHUA AT THAT TIME TURNED BACK, AND TOOK HAZOR, AND SMOTE THE KING THEREOF WITH THE SWORD: FOR HAZOR BEFORETIME WAS THE HEAD OF ALL THOSE KINGDOMS._ Joshua ... turned back and (re-crossing the Leontes) took Hazor ... the head of all those kingdoms. The ruins of a city called Hazur, on Tell Ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SMOTE ALL THE SOULS THAT WERE THEREIN WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, UTTERLY DESTROYING THEM: THERE WAS NOT ANY LEFT TO BREATHE: AND HE BURNT HAZOR WITH FIRE._ He burnt Hazor with fire - calmly and deliberately; doubtless, according to divine direction, as being the Canaanite metropolis of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE CITIES OF THOSE KINGS, AND ALL THE KINGS OF THEM, DID JOSHUA TAKE, AND SMOTE THEM WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND HE UTTERLY DESTROYED THEM, AS MOSES THE SERVANT OF THE LORD COMMANDED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AS FOR THE CITIES THAT STOOD STILL IN THEIR STRENGTH, ISRAEL BURNED NONE OF THEM, SAVE HAZOR ONLY; THAT DID JOSHUA BURN._ As for the cities that stood still in their strength х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ TILAAM_ (H8510)] - 'on their mounds.' It was a Phoenician custom to build cities on heights, natural... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE SPOIL OF THESE CITIES, AND THE CATTLE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOOK FOR A PREY UNTO THEMSELVES; BUT EVERY MAN THEY SMOTE WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, UNTIL THEY HAD DESTROYED THEM, NEITHER LEFT THEY ANY TO BREATHE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JOSHUA TOOK ALL THAT LAND, THE HILLS, AND ALL THE SOUTH COUNTRY, AND ALL THE LAND OF GOSHEN, AND THE VALLEY, AND THE PLAIN, AND THE MOUNTAIN OF ISRAEL, AND THE VALLEY OF THE SAME;_ So Joshua took all that land. Here follows a general view of the conquest. The division of the country there into... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN FROM THE MOUNT HALAK, THAT GOETH UP TO SEIR, EVEN UNTO BAALGAD IN THE VALLEY OF LEBANON UNDER MOUNT HERMON: AND ALL THEIR KINGS HE TOOK, AND SMOTE THEM, AND SLEW THEM._ From the mount Halak (Hebrew, the smooth mountain), that goeth up to Seir - an irregular line of white naked hills, about 80... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOSHUA MADE WAR A LONG TIME WITH ALL THOSE KINGS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE WAS NOT A CITY THAT MADE PEACE WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAVE THE HIVITES THE INHABITANTS OF GIBEON: ALL OTHER THEY TOOK IN BATTLE._ There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. It is implied in this statement that if any o... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR IT WAS OF THE LORD TO HARDEN THEIR HEARTS, THAT THEY SHOULD COME AGAINST ISRAEL IN BATTLE, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THEM UTTERLY, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE NO FAVOUR, BUT THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THEM, AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts ... The Canaanite kings... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AT THAT TIME CAME JOSHUA, AND CUT OFF THE ANAKIMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS, FROM HEBRON, FROM DEBIR, FROM ANAB, AND FROM ALL THE MOUNTAINS OF JUDAH, AND FROM ALL THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL: JOSHUA DESTROYED THEM UTTERLY WITH THEIR CITIES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JOSHUA TOOK THE WHOLE LAND, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES; AND JOSHUA GAVE IT FOR AN INHERITANCE UNTO ISRAEL ACCORDING TO THEIR DIVISIONS BY THEIR TRIBES. AND THE LAND RESTED FROM WAR._ JOSHUA TOOK THE WHOLE LAND. 'The battle of the lake of Merom was to the north what the battle... [ Continue Reading ]