Bible Commentary

The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 16. Makkedah ] See Jos 10:10; Jos 10:16-17; Jos 10:21. Beth-el ] Earlier, Luz, famous for (i) Jacob’s dream (Gen 28:11-19); (ii) the worship of the calves in Jeroboam’s reign (1Ki 12:28-33), hence called Beth-aven = “the house of naught.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:16”

The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 15. Libnah ] See Jos 10:29-30. Adullam ] In the low country of Judah, a place of great antiquity (Gen 38:1; Gen 38:12; Gen 38:20). The limestone cliffs of the locality are pierced with extensive caverns, one of which is famous as the refuge of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:15”

The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 14. the king of Hormah ] or Zephath, see Jdg 1:17. Robinson would place it near the pass of Es-Sufah, W.S.W. of the Dead Sea, where the Israelites were defeated by the Canaanites (Num 14:44-45), and subsequently the Canaanites by the Israelites (Num 21:1-3). Arad … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:14”

The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 13. the king of Debir ] See Jos 10:39. the king of Geder ] Somewhere in the lowland of Judah. Possibly the same place as the Gedor mentioned in 1Ch 4:39. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 13. The king of Geder] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:13”

The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12. Gezer ] The situation of this royal city has lately (see above, Jos 10:33) been discovered by M. Clermont Ganneau at Tel-el-Jezar, about four miles from Amws (Emmaus), and on the western boundary of the territory of Ephraim. The ruins are extensive, with rock-hewn … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:12”

The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; The king of Jarmuth, one,…. Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Jos 10:3; the king of Lachish, one; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Jos 10:3. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Jarmuth: Placed by Eusebius … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:11”

The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; The king of Jerusalem, one,…. Whose name was Adonizedek, and was one of the five kings taken and hanged, Jos 10:1; the king of Hebron, one; another of the five kings, whose name was Hoham, Jos 10:3. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:10”

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one; 9. the king of Jericho ] The kings are enumerated generally in the order in which they were conquered. For the overthrow of the kings of Jericho, Ai, Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon, and Gezer see ( a) Jos 6:2 ff.; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:9”

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: The wilderness: this word here and elsewhere in Scripture notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:8”

And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 12:7”