Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Joshua 11:4
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, a mighty army, even as the sand that is upon the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, a mighty army, even as the sand that is upon the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
Verse Joshua 11:4. _MUCH PEOPLE, EVEN AS THE SAND_] This form of speech, by some called a _hyperbole_, conveys simply the idea of a vast or unusual number - a number of which no regular estimate coul...
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 ...
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...
THEY WENT OUT, &c. Compare Joshua 11:4 with Revelation 20:8; Revelation 20:9. as, &c. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6....
_And they went out_ "As the British chiefs were driven to the Land's End before the advance of the Saxon, so at this Land's End of Palestine were gathered for this last struggle, not only the kings of...
_VER._ 4. _AND THEY WENT OUT,—AND ALL THEIR HOSTS,_ &C.— Entering the field with so numerous an army, that the sacred writer does not scruple to express it by an hyperbole very familiar in Scripture,...
_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,...
_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 ... u...
11:4 armies (c-9) Or 'camps.'...
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...
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 11 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...
וַ יֵּצְא֣וּ הֵ֗ם וְ כָל ־מַֽחֲנֵיהֶם֙ עִמָּ֔
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Shore. The Scripture sometimes uses an hyperbole, as well as the other figures of speech. (St. Augustine, City of God xvi. 21.) Josephus says they had 300,000 foot, 10,000 horse, and 20,000 chariots....
A goodly number truly if numbers could avail. And here we find cavalry also joined with them. Josephus, if I mistake not, makes the army of Canaan to consist at this time of 300, 000 foot, and 10, 000...
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...
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...
AND THEY WENT OUT,.... The several kings and people sent to; these went out from the places they inhabited: THEY AND ALL THEIR HOSTS WITH THEM; the kings of those several places, with their armies:...
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. Ver. 4. _They and all their hosts._...
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,...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Joshua 11:4 out H3318 (H8799) armies H4264 many H7227 people H5971 sand H2344 seashore H3220 H8193 multitude...
‘ And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people, even as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude, with very many horses and chariots. And all these kings met together, and...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:4 The GREAT HORDE gathered by the northern city-kings had CHARIOTS of light construction, with four-spoked wheels, drawn by two HORSES (contrast the “chariots of iron”
_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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 4:20; 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 17:11; Genesis 22:17; Genesi
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...