JOSHUA CHAPTER 13 God makes known to Joshua the bounds of the land not yet conquered, JOSHUA 13:1; commands it to be divided among the nine tribes and a half, JOSHUA 13:7. The inheritance of the two tribes and a half on the other side Jordan, JOSHUA 13:8. The Lord and his sacrifices the inheritance... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YET REMAINETH unconquered by thee, and to be conquered by the Israelites, if they behave themselves aright. GESHURI; a people in the north-east of Canaan, of which see DEUTERONOMY 3:14, as the Philistines are on the southwest.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIHOR; a river, of which see ISAIAH 23:3 JEREMIAH 2:18. WHICH IS COUNTED TO THE CANAANITE, i.e. which, though now possessed by the Philistines, who drove out the Canaanites, the old inhabitants of it, DEUTERONOMY 2:23 AMOS 9:7; yet is a part of the land of Canaan, and therefore belongs to the Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. From those southern parts of the sea-coast now possessed by the Philistines, all the more northern parts of the sea-coast being yet inhabited by the Canaanites, almost as far as Sidon, as it here follows; for there is no mention made of any conquests of Joshua upon the sea-coast. The Canaanites... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GIBITES; a people dwelling near Sidon in Gebal, of which see 1 KINGS 5:18 EZEKIEL 27:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM WILL I DRIVE OUT FROM BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, presently after thy death, if the Israelites do not hinder it by their unbelief or wickedness. Though they be now unconquered, yet divide them, partly, as a pledge to assure them of my help in conquering them after thy death; partly, to lay a... [ Continue Reading ]
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WITH WHOM, Heb. _with him_, i.e. with the half tribe of Manasseh; not that half which is expressed JOSHUA 13:7, as is evident from the thing; but the other half, which is sufficiently and necessarily understood, the relative being here put for the antecedent, understood, as it is, NUMBERS 7:89 PSALM... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITY THAT IS IN THE MIDST OF THE RIVER; of which SEE POOLE ON "DEUTERONOMY 3:16", and SEE POOLE ON "JOSHUA 12:2". Either this is the same city now mentioned, even Aroer, which is said to have been a double city, as the very name seems to import, whereof one part was on the bank of the river, and... [ Continue Reading ]
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MAACHATHITES; whose land God had given to the Israelites without Jordan, though they had not yet used the gift of God, nor taken possession of it, as is noted, JOSHUA 13:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE DID MOSES SMITE; not all now mentioned, as appears from JOSHUA 13:13, but Sihon and Og, and their people, and the generality of them, which he had now named, some of them being excepted.... [ Continue Reading ]
This seems added by way of anticipation and reflection upon the present Israelites; implying, that although Moses did and might permit them to remain, both because the land which he had conquered was more than enough for the Israelitish possessors, and because being intent upon their passage over Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
HE, i.e. Moses, as is expressed JOSHUA 13:33, gave none inheritance, to wit, in the land beyond Jordan, where yet a considerable part of the Levites were to have their settled abode. This is mentioned as the reason both why Moses gave all that land to the Reubenites, and Gadites, and Manassites; and... [ Continue Reading ]
Dividing the inheritance into as many parts as they had families; but this is only spoken of the greater families; for the lesser divisions or distributions to the several small families was done by inferior officers, according to the rules which Moses gave them.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITY THAT IS IN THE MIDST OF THE RIVER; of which see DEUTERONOMY 3:16 JOSHUA 12:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
HESHBON: this city and Dibon and Ataroth were upon the borders of Reuben and Gad, and therefore sometimes are ascribed to Reuben, as here, and NUMBERS 32:37, sometimes to Gad, as NUMBERS 32:34 1 CHRONICLES 6:80,81, by whom Heshbon, is said to be given to the Levites, JOSHUA 21:39. Possibly it and th... [ Continue Reading ]
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In the mountain bordering upon that valley, which then was famous among the Israelites, whether that where Moses was buried, which was near to the place here following, Beth-peor, DEUTERONOMY 34:1,6, or some other. And this clause is thought to belong to all the cities now mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN; opposed to the foregoing cities of _the mountain of the valley_. ALL THE KINGDOM OF SIHON; a synecdochical expression, for a great part of it; in which sense we read of _all Judea_, _and all the region round about Jordan_, MATTHEW 3:5, _and all Galilee_, MATTHEW 4:23, and ma... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOOTHSAYER; so he was in truth, though a _prophet \2 PETER 2:16\_ in title and profession. See NUMBERS 24:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the border thereof, i.e. those cities or places which bordered upon Jordan. Compare NUMBERS 34:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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ALL THE CITIES OF GILEAD, i.e. all the cities of note and eminency; all cities properly so called, which it seems lay in that part of Gilead; and so this may well agree with JOSHUA 13:25, where half the country of Gilead is said to be given to the Manassites; but there is no mention of any cities th... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM HESHBON, either exclusively or inclusively. SEE POOLE ON "JOSHUA 13:17". RAMATH-MIZPEH, called _Ramoth-gilead_, or _Ramoth_ in _Gilead_, JOSHUA 20:8, and elsewhere MAHANAIM, exclusively; for Mahanaim was in the portion of Manasseh, beyond Jabbok, which was the border of Gad and Manasseh.... [ Continue Reading ]
REST OF THE KINGDOM OF SIHON; the northern part of his kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
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UNTO THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH; not that they desired it, as Reuben and Gad did, NUMBERS 32:1, but partly as a recompence to Machir the Manessite for his valiant acts against Og; and partly for the better security and defence of the other two tribes, by so considerable an accession to them, which a... [ Continue Reading ]
JAIR, who, though of the tribe of Judah by the father, 1 CHRONICLES 2:21,22, yet is called the son of Manasseh, NUMBERS 32:41, because he married a daughter of Manasseh, and wholly associated himself with those valiant Manassites, and with their help took sixty cities or great towns, DEUTERONOMY 3:4... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN OF MACHIR; whom before he called _the children of Manasseh_, he now calls _the children of machir_, because Machir was the most eminent, and, as it may seem, the only surviving son of Manasseh, NUMBERS 26:29 1 CHRONICLES 7:14. For the other half of Machir's or Manasseh's children, see J... [ Continue Reading ]
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