See Joshua 9:1. “The south” was the Negeb Numbers 13:17. Render “the springs” “slopes.” The word here means the district of undulating ground between “the vale” (or שׁפלה shephêlâh) last named and “the hills.”
Verse Joshua 10:40. _ALL THE COUNTRY OF THE HILLS_] Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 1:7. _DESTROYED ALL THAT BREATHED_] Every person found in arms who continued to re
10. THE VICTORIOUS CONQUEST CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Adoni-zedec and his confederacy (Joshua 10:1)_ 2. The war (Joshua 10:7) 3. The miracle (Joshua 10:12) 4. The victory won ...
CONQUEST OF S. CANAAN. This section is late and is from the hand of the Deuteronomist. Well-known passages in this and other books show it to be quite unhistorical. In 33 the king of Gezer (Judges 1:2...
COUNTRY OF THE HILLS. the land of the hill country. BREATHED. had _neshamah._ App-16. COMMANDED. Compare Deuteronomy 20:16; Deuteronomy 20:17....
Survey of the Results of the Campaign in Southern Canaan 40. _all the country_ Rather, ALL THE LAND, THE HILL COUNTRY, &c. The entire region is comprehensively surveyed, and then treated with special...
_The Summary of the Conquest Joshua 10:28-43_ 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that wer...
_AND JOSHUA RETURNED, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM, TO DEBIR; AND FOUGHT AGAINST IT:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
10:40 mountain, (a-8) Or 'hill-country;' and so chs. 11.16,21; 12.8; 18.12; 21.11. south, (b-11) It appears that the border land between the country that was afterwards allotted to Judah, and the wild...
THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CANAAN This chapter narrates the successful campaign against the five confederate chiefs of the S., who are roused by the fall of Jericho and Ai and the alliance with Gibeon,...
The campaign in southern Palestine included the HILLS of Judah, the SOUTH, i.e. the Negeb, the VALE (RV 'the lowland'), i.e. the Shephelah, and the SPRINGS (RV 'the slopes') between the hill-country a...
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OF THE HILLS — i.e., the mountains of Judah and Ephraim. THE SOUTH — i.e., the Nêgeb. THE VALE — i.e., Shephêlah, the plain of the coast, but not apparently including the Philistine territory, which...
וַ יַּכֶּ֣ה יְהֹושֻׁ֣עַ אֶת ־כָּל ־הָ אָ֡רֶץ
CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF BETHHORON. Joshua 10:1. OUT of the larger confederacy of the whole Canaanite chiefs against Joshua and his people recorded in the beginning of chap 9, a smaller number, he...
This action of the Gibeonites in securing their own safety aroused the anger of the confederate kings and they proceeded to act against Gibeon in order to punish it. In their peril the men of Gibeon a...
When the king of Jerusalem learned that Ai had fallen and the even more powerful city of Gibeon had made a treaty with Israel, he called upon four other kings to join with him in an attack on Gibeon....
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the (i) vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LO...
_Hills of Judea. --- South of the promised land. --- Plain. Hebrew, Sephela, a flat country near Eleutheropolis. (St. Jerome in Abd. i. 19; 1 Machabees xii. 38.) --- Asedoth, "of the springs." --- Rem...
I bring all these into one point of view for the sake of shortness. They only serve to illustrate the astonishing victory of Joshua. But the grand point I wish to interest the Reader to attend to in t...
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...
40._So Joshua smote all the country, _etc Here the divine authority is again interposed in order completely to acquit Joshua of any charge of cruelty. Had he proceeded of his own accord to commit an i...
Moreover, this peace with the Gibeonites only brought fresh attacks upon Israel. But now all is plain. Jehovah says to Joshua, "Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hand." This is all tha...
SO JOSHUA SMOTE ALL THE COUNTRY OF THE HILLS AND OF THE SOUTH, AND OF THE VALE, AND OF THE SPRINGS, AND ALL THEIR KINGS,.... That part of the land of Canaan which lay southward, and consisted of hills...
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD G...
_All that breathed_ That is, all mankind; they reserved the cattle for their own uses. _As God had commanded_ This is added for the vindication of the Israelites, whom God would not have to suffer in...
[GIBEON BESIEGED.] 1 Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 Ioshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailestones. 12 The Sunne and Moone stand still at the word of Ioshua. 16 The fiue Ki...
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, the mountainous section of Central and Southern Canaan, AND OF THE SOUTH, the plain forming the southern portion of Judea, AND OF THE VALE, the lowlands o...
THE CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN CANAAN...
ISRAEL DEFEATS FIVE KINGS (vs.1-10) The news of Gibeon's treaty with Israel greatly alarmed other nations in the land, for Gibeon was considered prominent and important, so that the king of Jerusale...
28-43 Joshua made speed in taking these cities. See what a great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we will be diligent, and improve our opportunities. God here showed his hatred of the id...
ALL THAT BREATHED, i.e. all mankind, by a synecdoche; for they reserved the cattle for their own uses. AS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL COMMANDED: this is added for the vindication of the Israelites, whom Go...
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‘ So Joshua smote all the land, the hill country and the South (the Negeb), and the lowland (Shephelah) and the slopes and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed (devoted) a...
Joshua 10:40 I. The Book of Joshua is part of the history of the Christian Church. However strange it may seem, the work of Joshua in the Old Testament did lead to the work of the second Joshua in the...
CONTENTS: Victory at Gibeon, Makkedah, etc. Sun's action halted. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Adonizedek, king of Makkedah. CONCLUSION: When enemies set themselves in array against us and threaten to sw...
Joshua 10:1. _Adonizedek,_ lord of righteousness. _Zedek_ was common in the names of the kings of Jerusalem, as _Melchizedek._ Joshua 10:11. _Great stones hail stones,_ as in many versions. So is Psal...
_All these kings and their laud did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord _. .. _ fought for Israel._ DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY I. God has an indisputable right to dispense his favours to what persons...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:1__ Because the events of ch. Joshua 10:1 are brought on by Canaanite aggression, Israel’s defeat of the south can be viewed as defensive....
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 10:40 This summary of the conquest credits Joshua with acting obediently by taking no prisoners. It is very clear that the ultimate cause of Israel’s success is that the LORD God...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 10:29. Libnah] Another of the cities belonging to the Shephelah, or low country of Judah. It was besieged by Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:8), and it was probably in this neighbourho...
EXPOSITION THE BATTLE OF BETH-HORON, AND THE SUBJUGATION OF SOUTHERN PALESTINE.— JOSHUA 10:1 ADONI-ZEDEC (cf. Melchizedek in...
In verse six of chapter ten, The men of Gibeon sent an urgent message to Joshua that they were being attacked. They said, "Now we have this mutual defense pact with you, so come to our aid." And Joshu...
1 Kings 15:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Deuteronomy 26:16; Deuteronomy 26:17;...
All that breathed — That is, all mankind, they reserved the cattle for their own uses. As God had commanded — This is added for the vindication of the Israelites, whom God would not have to suffer in...