Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 11:11
And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
There was not any, i.e. no human person.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. he burnt Hazor with firecalmlyand deliberately, doubtless, according to divine direction.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them],…. Men, women, and children:
there was not any left to breathe; any human creature; for as for the cattle they were taken for a prey:
and he burnt Hazor with fire; as he did Jericho and Ai, though no other cities he had taken; but it seems that this city, though burnt, was built again and inhabited by Canaanites, who had a king over them of the same name with this in the times of Deborah, Jud 4:2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
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Why was Hazor utterly razed? Jos. 11:11
Hazor was burned with fire because it was the most important city of the North. Here Jabin had his headquarters. The city had been the rallying point of the Northern Canaanites. When it was destroyed, they would have very little courage to continue their resistance. To burn Hazor was to burn their capital, and its utter destruction symbolized the complete defeat which the northern Canaanites suffered.
Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
11. Smote all the souls For a justification of this severity see on Jos 6:21.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And they smote all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying (devoting) them. There was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.’
Burning with fire was something he had only done to Jericho, Ai and now Hazor. Jericho because it was the firstfruits, Ai so as to counteract their defeat there, and Hazor because it was too powerful. It would at least render it powerless for some time into the future, although he must have been aware that people would return and rebuild it. Possibly he hoped that before that happened the conquest of Canaan would be complete. Archaeology has borne witness to the destruction by fire of Hazor at this time. In its restoration the lower city was not rebuilt.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 11:11 And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
Ver. 11. And he burnt Hazor with fire. ] Which yet was rebuilt and reigned in by another Jabin, this man’s nephew haply, who therefore might, in revenge, the more cruelly tyrannise over the Israelites. Jdg 4:2-3 Malice is commonly hereditary, and runs in the blood; and, as we used to say of runnet, the older it is, the stronger.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
souls. Hebrew, plural of nephesh. App-13.
edge. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. breathe. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
any left to breathe: Heb. any breath, Jos 10:40
Reciprocal: Num 33:52 – General Deu 3:7 – General Deu 7:2 – utterly Deu 20:16 – General Jos 8:22 – let none Jos 9:1 – all the kings Jos 11:14 – neither Jos 12:19 – Hazor Jdg 4:2 – Hazor Jdg 18:27 – burnt
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:11 And they smote all the {f} souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
(f) Both men, women and children.