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Joshua 11:3
The land of Mizpeh is thought to be the plain El-Bukei’a, west of Hermon.
The land of Mizpeh is thought to be the plain El-Bukei’a, west of Hermon.
Verse Joshua 11:3. _THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST, C._] Those who dwelt on the borders of Jordan, south of the sea of Tiberias. _ON THE WEST_] Those were the Phoenicians who dwelt on the coast of the Med...
HERMON - See Deuteronomy 3:9 note. THE LAND OF MIZPEH - or Mizpah,” the land of the watch-tower” The locality is probably identified as a plain stretching at the foot of Hermon southwestward, from Has...
FURTHER CONQUESTS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Jabin and his confederacy (Joshua 11:1)_ 2. The divine encouragement (Joshua 11:6) 3. The victory (Joshua 11:7) 4. The obedience of Joshua ...
JOSHUA 11. DEFEAT OF JABIN AND HIS COALITION. Jabin, king of Hazor, gathers a vast army of Canaanites at the Waters of Merom (locality uncertain, p. 32). The coalition was utterly defeated, the king w...
MIZPEH. Watch-tower....
_and to the Canaanite_ Not satisfied with summoning to his banner the tribes of the north, Jabin extended his "war-token" to the remnants of the defeated tribes of the south too; (_a_) the Canaanites,...
_VER._ 3. _AND TO THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST_— Among the Canaanites, properly so called, those of _the east_ are they who dwelt along-side of the Jordan, south of the lake of Gennesaret...
_The Defeat of Jabin Joshua 11:1-9_ And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,...
_AND TO THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST, AND TO THE AMORITE, AND THE HITTITE, AND THE PERIZZITE, AND THE JEBUSITE IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND TO THE HIVITE UNDER HERMON IN THE LAND OF MIZPEH._ Th...
THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH Here there is no trace, as in the former case, of miraculous interposition. Joshua's generalship, courage, swiftness and loyalty are the prominent factors in the achievement...
THE CANAANITE ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST] The name 'Canaanite' is more probably geographical than racial. It means 'lowlanders.' In the Amama tablets (14th cent. b.c.) the Land of Canaan means the Ph...
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 11 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE TOWNS IN THE...
הַֽ כְּנַעֲנִי֙ מִ מִּזְרָ֣ח וּ מִ יָּ֔ם
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...
JOSHUA'S OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD'S COMMANDS Joshua 11:1 The scene is removed to the waters of Merom, near the sources of the Jordan. Hazor was the capital of the region; Jabin, like Pharaoh, was an her...
A new confederacy had now to be faced and fought. Conscious of their peril, the northern kings now joined in an attempt to break the power of those conquering hosts. Turning north, Joshua led an attac...
Joshua 11:1-23 concludes the brief summary of the conquest of the land of Canaan. Jabin, king of Hazor, called for a number of the kings of the north to align with him and attack Israel. God again rea...
[And to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under (c) Hermon in the land of Miz...
_Chanaanite. Some lived near the Jordan, others upon the Mediterranean. --- Maspha. Probably where Laban and Jacob had met, Genesis xxxi. 48. Hermon lay to the east of Libanus. (Calmet) --- There was...
A goodly number truly if numbers could avail. And here we find cavalry also joined with them. Josephus, if I mistake not, makes the army of Canaan to consist at this time of 300, 000 foot, and 10, 000...
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...
Israel's victories bring fresh war upon them; but the confederation of their enemies only serves to deliver them all together into their hands. If God will not have peace, it is because He will have v...
[AND TO] THE CANAANITES ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST,.... That is, that particular nation of the seven so called, part of which dwelt in the eastern part of the land, by the dead sea, and by the coast...
Joshua 11:3 [And to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under Hermon in the lan...
_The Canaanites on the east and on the west_ The Canaanites, properly so called, lived part of them on the east, near Jordan, and part on the west, near the sea, and both are here united. _And to the...
1 Diuers Kings ouercome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the countrey taken by Ioshua. 21 The Anakims cut off. [IOSHUA CONQUERETH DIUERS KINGS.] 1 AND it came to passe,...
and to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, for their tribes occupied the lowlands, AND TO THE AMORITE, mainly in the mountain districts, AND THE HITTITE, northwest of the Sea of Galileo, AND TH...
THE SECOND ALLIANCE OF HEATHEN KINGS AND THEIR DEFEAT...
CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ENEMIES (vs.1-15) Israel's returning for the time being to Gilgal gave time for the nations in the north to mobilize. In this God's wisdom is evident, for He brought these natio...
1-9 The wonders God wrought for the Israelites were to encourage them to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war against Satan's kingdom, carried on by preaching the gospel, was at first forwarded by...
The Canaanites properly so called lived part of them on the east near Jordan, and part on the west near the sea, and both are here united. THE HIVITE UNDER HERMON; that dwelt under Mount Hermon in the...
Joshua 11:3 Canaanites H3669 east H4217 west H3220 Amorite H567 Hittite H2850 Perizzite H6522 Jebusite H2983 mountains H2022
CHAPTER 11. THE NORTHERN CONFEDERACY - THE INVASION OF THE NORTH. This chapter tells how the kings of the northern parts of Canaan now combined together against Joshua, and how YHWH encouraged him to...
CONTENTS: Final conquest of Canaan. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Jabin, Jobab. CONCLUSION: Those who, through obedience to His precepts, have God on their side, need not be disturbed as to the number an...
Joshua 11:1. _Hazor,_ then the metropolis of a powerful kingdom, Jeremiah 49:28, is situate on Lake _Merom,_ forty miles north of the sea of Galilee. Jabin with all the allies, 300,000 infantry, and 2...
_When Jabin king of Hazor had heard._ TAKE HEED HOW YE HEAR I. Healing and not hearing. The tidings of the overthrow of Sihon and Og, and the fall of Jericho, seem to have made almost no impression...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 11:1__ The northern campaign takes shape as an effort to defend the Israelites against the coalition of northern kings gathered around Jabin of Hazor. ⇐
_THE OVERTHROW OF THE CITIES OF THE NORTH, AND GENERAL RETROSPECT_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 11:1. Hazor] In Joshua 11:11, Hazor is described as “the head” of all the kingdoms named in Joshua 11:1. It...
EXPOSITION THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR.— JOSHUA 11:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly speaking, the cause of its overthrow. The division of the country into a...
So in chapter eleven, the other kings when they had heard what happened to these kings that had come out against them, they also went out with their host. These are now the kings that are in the area...
1 Kings 15:22; 1 Samuel 10:17; 1 Samuel 7:5; 2 Samuel 24:16;...
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH Joshua 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have heard of old that "to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." This is true. The outstanding feature in...
The Canaanite — The Canaanites properly so called, lived part of them on the east near Jordan, and part on the west near the sea, and both are here united. The Hivite — That dwelt under mount Hermon i...