_SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS CONQUESTS_
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 12:1. The river Arnon] Now known as _Wâdy el Modjeb_. Before
the war, it separated between the Moabites and the Amorites of Eastern
Palestine; it afterwards became the boundary between Moab and Israel.
The river falls into the Dead Sea, and i... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Joshua 12:7. Baal gad.… Halak] Cf. on chap. Joshua 11:17.
JOSHUA 12:8. MOUNTAINS, etc.] Cf. on Chapter s Joshua 9:1; Joshua
10:40. Geographical notes on most of the places named in the following
verses will be found under the Critical Notes of the preceding Chapter
s, principally... [ Continue Reading ]