Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:11
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
11. And ye went over Jordan ] The fourth proof of the Divine favour: ( a) the Passage of the Jordan, and ( b) capture of Jericho; and the fifth ( c) the victory over the Canaanites.
the men of Jericho ] i. e. the citizens of Jericho. Comp. Jdg 9:2-3, “the men of Shechem;” Jdg 20:5, “the men of Gibeah;” 2Sa 21:12, “the men of Jabesh-gilead.”
the Amorites ] On this enumeration of the nations, see above, ch. Jos 3:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 11. The men of Jericho fought against you] See the notes on Jos 3:1-16 and Jos 6:1, &c. The people of Jericho are said to have fought against the Israelites, because they opposed them by shutting their gates, &c., though they did not attempt to meet them in the field.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Fought against you; made opposition against you, by shutting their gates, by endeavouring to cut off your spies, &c.; they warred against you, if not by an offensive, yet by a defensive war. In the names of these nations he seems to comprise all their wars, which being so fresh in their memory, he thought it needless particularly to mention.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye went over Jordan,…. In a miraculous manner, the waters parting to make way for the host of Israel:
and came unto Jericho; the first city of any size and strength in the land, which was about seven or eight miles from Jordan;
[See comments on Nu 22:1];
and the men of Jericho fought against you; by endeavouring to intercept their spies, and cut them off; by shutting up the gates of their city against Israel; and it may be throwing darts, arrows, and stones, from off the walls of it at them. Kimchi thinks that some of the great men of Jericho went out from thence, to give notice and warning to the kings of Canaan of the approach of the Israelites, and in the mean time the city was taken; and that these afterwards joined with the kings in fighting against Joshua and the people of Israel:
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; the seven nations of Canaan; this they did at different times, and in different places:
and I delivered them into your hand; these nations and their kings.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
11. The men of Jericho Hebrews, lords or property-holders.
Fought No active warfare is intended, but a standing on the defensive, with closed gates.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“ And you went over Jordan, and came to Jericho, and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, and I delivered them into your hand.”
Here he reminded them of the miraculous, never to be forgotten, passage over Jordan, and the enemies they then faced, first ‘the lords of Jericho’, then the seven Canaanite nations regularly mentioned. But none had been able to resist Israel because YHWH delivered them into their hand.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 24:11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Ver. 11. And the men of Jericho fought against you. ] Non pugnarunt, sed clausis portis propugnarunt et restiterunt, saith Vatablus. They shut up their gates and fortified themselves against you; and when their town was taken, it is probable they sold their lives at as dear a rate as they could.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
men = lords or rulers. Hebrew. ba’al.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
And ye: Jos 3:14-17, Jos 4:10-12, Jos 4:23, Psa 114:3, Psa 114:5
the men: Jos 6:1-27, Jos 10:1 – Jos 11:23, Neh 9:24, Neh 9:25, Psa 78:54, Psa 78:55, Psa 105:44, Act 7:45, Act 13:19
Reciprocal: Exo 13:5 – shall bring Exo 23:28 – hornets Exo 33:2 – the Canaanite Jos 9:1 – Hittite Jos 11:21 – Joshua destroyed 1Ch 16:17 – an everlasting 1Ch 17:21 – by driving
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 24:11-12. I delivered them into your hand Namely, successively; for in these few words he seems to comprise all their wars, which, being fresh in their memories, he thought it needless particularly to mention. I sent the hornet before you This may signify, either that before the Israelites came into those parts, God sent hornets, which so infested the inhabitants, that many of them were compelled to leave their country; or that, when they were actually engaged in battle with their enemies, these dreadful swarms, which first appeared in their war with Sihon and Og, tormented the Canaanites with their stings, and terrified them with their noise, so that they became an easy prey to Israel. God had promised to do this for them, Exo 23:27-28; and here Joshua reminds them of the fulfilment of the promise.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
24:11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the {e} men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
(e) Because it was the chief city, under it he contains all the country: else they of the city fought not.