Tirzah Three miles from the city of Samaria, now called Tellûzah, of proverbial beauty. Song of Solomon 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah." It was to Shechem afterwards "what Windsor is to London," and became the residence of Jeroboam and his successors (1 Kings 14:17). Here Zimri was besieged by Omri, and perished in the flames of his palace (1 Kings 16:18).
Verse Joshua 12:24. _KING OF TIRZAH_] This city appears to have been for a long time the capital of the kingdom of Israel, and the residence of its kings. See 1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21;...
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the pow...
THE CONQUERED KINGS CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1)_ 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of...
JOSHUA 12. LIST OF THE CONQUERED KINGS. The whole of this chapter, which is a detailed expansion of Joshua 11:16, So Joshua took all that land, is a late composition of the Deuteronomic school; of whi...
_VER._ 24. _ALL THE KINGS THIRTY AND ONE_— The LXX reckon and specify but twenty-nine, and of them too they disfigure the names. We must not be surprised at seeing so many kings in so small a country....
_A List of the Kings Defeated by Joshua 12:9-24_ 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmut...
A REVIEW OF THE VICTORIES OF MOSES AND JOSHUA This chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following Chapter s narrate the partition of the conquer...
TIRZAH] (probably=Teiasir) NE. of Shechem. It was afterwards the capital of the Northern Kingdom, from the time of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:17) till the 6th year of Omri, who moved the centre of governmen...
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 12 A LIST OF ALL THE KINGS THAT THE *ISRAEL...
מֶ֥לֶךְ תִּרְצָ֖ה אֶחָ֑ד כָּל ־מְלָכִ֖ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים...
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...
This chapter contains no new matter. It is rather a detailed summary of the extent of the conquest. First the victories under Moses (verses Jos 12:1-6) and then those under Joshua (verses Jos 12:7-24)...
JOSHUA 12:1-24; JOSHUA 13:1-33; JOSHUA 14:1-15; JOSHUA 15:1-63...
_Thersa. Here the kings of Israel kept their court, till Amri built Samaria, (Calmet) about nine miles more to the north. (Brocard.) --- One. The two kings slain by Moses (Worthington) are not include...
I bring all these verses together into one view, from the same reason as I did the former, because they all relate to one and the same subject, the splendid victories of Joshua. And I only detain the...
REFLECTIONS HERE stand, my soul, again, and see the salvation of God; here seek for grace, to put thy feet upon the necks of all those kings, for in them behold thy Jesus conquering not only thirty-an...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
THE KING OF TIRZAH, ONE,.... To what tribe this place fell is nowhere said: Adrichomius u places it in the tribe of Manasseh; and so does Bunting w, who says of it, that it was a fair and beautiful ci...
_All the kings, thirty and one_ It may seem strange to us that in so small a country there were so many kings; but in those ages kings were only petty princes, or lords of cities, which had a few vill...
1 The two kings whose countreys Moses tooke and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Iordan which Ioshua smote. 1 NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Isra...
the king of Tirzah, north of Shechem, in Samaria, ONE: ALL THE KINGS THIRTY AND ONE. The enumeration of these conquered kings served as a reminder to the children of Israel never to forget the powerfu...
THE CONQUERED KINGS WEST OF JORDAN...
KINGS CONQUERED BY MOSES (vs.1-6) A list is given now of those kings defeated by Israel before they crossed the Jordan, while Moses was still living. We have read of them in Deuteronomy, and shall s...
7-24 We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to thr...
Each being confined to a narrow compass, and being king only of one city, or small province belonging to it, which was by the wise and singular providence of God, that they might be more easily and su...
Joshua 12:24 king H4428 Tirzah H8656 kings H4428 thirty-one H7970 H259 Tirzah - 1 Kings 16:23;...
‘ 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.' Ked...
CONTENTS: The roster of the kings of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of present servants of God...
This chapter contains the Hebrew chart of honour, and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. Joshua 12:1. _Arnon,_ the river which drained the vales of Moab. See the Map. Joshua 12:3...
_These axe the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote._ THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD This chapter is a short summary of the work that has been done. In this _resume _of the conques...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 12:1 Before the land is divided and assigned to the tribes, the conquest is summarized. Verses Joshua 12:1 describe the land BEYOND THE JORDAN (that
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 12:24 This list of THIRTY-ONE KINGS suggests Israel’s overall success in gaining the upper hand in Canaan and in conquering the leaders who fought against them. It does not neces...
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;...
EXPOSITION THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA'S CONQUESTS. JOSHUA 12:1 NOW THESE ARE THE KINGS. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into...
Now that was a tragedy that they did leave unconquered territory, because they left it, it did become a problem later on to them. Now in chapter eleven it gives a list of the names of the kings that w...
1 Kings 16:23; 2 Kings 15:14...
Thirty one — Each being king only of one city or small province belonging to it, which was by the wise and singular providence of God, that they might be more easily conquered. But what a fruitful lan...
Were these kings defeated here or not until later? PROBLEM: The text declares that “these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated.” However, many of these cities were not captur...