CHAPTER 12. A SUMMARY OF JOSHUA'S SUCCESS. This chapter now gives a short summarising account of the conquests made by the Israelites in the times of Moses and of Joshua. It reminds us first of the kingdoms of Sihon and Og on the other side Jordan, captured in the times of Moses, which he gave to t... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, and ruled in Mount Hermon and in Salecah and in all Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.' “AND THE BORDER OF” final... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ Moses the servant of YHWH, and the children of Israel, smote them, and Moses the servant of YHWH gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.' For details of the smiting see Numbers 21:21. For the bestowal on the tribes see Numbers 32. The descripti... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote Beyond Jordan Westward, from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even to mount Halak, which goes up to Seir. And Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions, in the hill country... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua 12:9 A ‘The king of Jericho, one, the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one, the king of Jerusalem, one, the king of Hebron, one, the king of Yarmuth, one, the king of Lachish, one, the king of Eglon, one, the king of Gezer, one, the king of Debir, one.' The fate of these nine kings is de... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ The king of Makkedah, one, the king of Bethel, one, the king of Tappuah, one, the king of Hepher, one, the king of Aphek, one, the king of Lassharon, one.' The king of Makkedah was slain in Joshua 10:28, assuming the same king is meant. But when one king died another became king. Thus it may not... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ The king of Madon, one, the king of Hazor, one, the king of Shimron-meron, one, the king of Achshaph, one.' These were the four kings mentioned in Joshua 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ The king of Taanach, one, the king of Megiddo, one.' These were kings of two of the major cities of Canaan, situated on either side of the Plain of Esdraelon, each having a large population in the tens of thousands. Megiddo was the largest, controlling the pass that led onto the Plain. It is unlik... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ The king of Kedesh, one, the king of Yokneam in Carmel, one, the king of Dor, in the height of Dor, one, the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one, the king of Tirzah, one. All the kings thirty and one.' Kedesh is probably Kedesh in Naphtali (Joshua 19:37; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; Judges 4:6). It is the... [ Continue Reading ]