Joshua 12:6 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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⁶ Them did Moses ^H4872 the servant ^H5650 of the LORD ^H3068 and the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 smite: ^H5221 and Moses ^H4872 the servant ^H5650 of the LORD ^H3068 gave ^H5414 it for a possession ^H3425 unto the Reubenites, ^H7206 and the Gadites, ^H1425 and the half ^H2677 tribe ^H7626 of Manasseh. ^H4519

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Numbers 21:24-35 STRONG

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And Israel ^H3478 smote ^H5221 him with the edge ^H6310 of the sword, ^H2719 and possessed ^H3423 his land ^H776 from Arnon ^H769 unto Jabbok, ^H2999 even unto the children ^H1121 of Ammon: ^H5983 for the border ^H1366 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 was strong. ^H5794 And Israel ^H3478 took ^H3947 all these cities: ^H5892 and Israel ^H3478 dwelt ^H3427 in all the cities ^H5892 of the Amorites, ^H567 in Heshbon, ^H2809 and in all the villages ^H1323 thereof. For Heshbon ^H2809 was the city ^H5892 of Sihon ^H5511 the king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 who had fought ^H3898 against the former ^H7223 king ^H4428 of Moab, ^H4124 and taken ^H3947 all his land ^H776 out of his hand, ^H3027 even unto Arnon. ^H769 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs ^H4911 say, ^H559 Come ^H935 into Heshbon, ^H2809 let the city ^H5892 of Sihon ^H5511 be built ^H1129 and prepared: ^H3559 For there is a fire ^H784 gone out ^H3318 of Heshbon, ^H2809 a flame ^H3852 from the city ^H7151 of Sihon: ^H5511 it hath consumed ^H398 Ar ^H6144 of Moab, ^H4124 and the lords of the high places ^H1181 of Arnon. ^H769 Woe ^H188 to thee, Moab! ^H4124 thou art undone, ^H6 O people ^H5971 of Chemosh: ^H3645 he hath given ^H5414 his sons ^H1121 that escaped, ^H6412 and his daughters, ^H1323 into captivity ^H7622 unto Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites. ^H567 We have shot ^H3384 at them; Heshbon ^H2809 is perished ^H6 even unto Dibon, ^H1769 and we have laid them waste ^H8074 even unto Nophah, ^H5302 which reacheth unto Medeba. ^H4311 Thus Israel ^H3478 dwelt ^H3427 in the land ^H776 of the Amorites. ^H567 And Moses ^H4872 sent ^H7971 to spy out ^H7270 Jaazer, ^H3270 and they took ^H3920 the villages ^H1323 thereof, and drove out ^H3423 ^H3423 the Amorites ^H567 that were there. And they turned ^H6437 and went up ^H5927 by the way ^H1870 of Bashan: ^H1316 and Og ^H5747 the king ^H4428 of Bashan ^H1316 went out ^H3318 against ^H7125 them, he, and all his people, ^H5971 to the battle ^H4421 at Edrei. ^H154 And the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto Moses, ^H4872 Fear ^H3372 him not: for I have delivered ^H5414 him into thy hand, ^H3027 and all his people, ^H5971 and his land; ^H776 and thou shalt do ^H6213 to him as thou didst ^H6213 unto Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 which dwelt ^H3427 at Heshbon. ^H2809 So they smote ^H5221 him, and his sons, ^H1121 and all his people, ^H5971 until there was none ^H1115 left ^H7604 him alive: ^H8300 and they possessed ^H3423 his land. ^H776

Deuteronomy 3:11-17 STRONG

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For only Og ^H5747 king ^H4428 of Bashan ^H1316 remained ^H7604 of the remnant ^H3499 of giants; ^H7497 behold, his bedstead ^H6210 was a bedstead ^H6210 of iron; ^H1270 is it not ^H3808 in Rabbath ^H7237 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon? ^H5983 nine ^H8672 cubits ^H520 was the length ^H753 thereof, and four ^H702 cubits ^H520 the breadth ^H7341 of it, after the cubit ^H520 of a man. ^H376 And this land, ^H776 which we possessed ^H3423 at that time, ^H6256 from Aroer, ^H6177 which is by the river ^H5158 Arnon, ^H769 and half ^H2677 mount ^H2022 Gilead, ^H1568 and the cities ^H5892 thereof, gave ^H5414 I unto the Reubenites ^H7206 and to the Gadites. ^H1425 And the rest ^H3499 of Gilead, ^H1568 and all Bashan, ^H1316 being the kingdom ^H4467 of Og, ^H5747 gave ^H5414 I unto the half ^H2677 tribe ^H7626 of Manasseh; ^H4519 all the region ^H2256 of Argob, ^H709 with all Bashan, ^H1316 which ^H1931 was called ^H7121 the land ^H776 of giants. ^H7497 Jair ^H2971 the son ^H1121 of Manasseh ^H4519 took ^H3947 all the country ^H2256 of Argob ^H709 unto the coasts ^H1366 of Geshuri ^H1651 and Maachathi; ^H4602 and called ^H7121 them after his own name, ^H8034 Bashanhavothjair, ^H1316 ^H2334 unto this day. ^H3117 And I gave ^H5414 Gilead ^H1568 unto Machir. ^H4353 And unto the Reubenites ^H7206 and unto the Gadites ^H1425 I gave ^H5414 from Gilead ^H1568 even unto the river ^H5158 Arnon ^H769 half ^H8432 the valley, ^H5158 and the border ^H1366 even unto the river ^H5158 Jabbok, ^H2999 which is the border ^H1366 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon; ^H5983 The plain ^H6160 also, and Jordan, ^H3383 and the coast ^H1366 thereof, from Chinnereth ^H3672 even unto the sea ^H3220 of the plain, ^H6160 even the salt ^H4417 sea, ^H3220 under Ashdothpisgah ^H798 ^H794 eastward. ^H4217

Joshua 13:8-32 STRONG

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With whom the Reubenites ^H7206 and the Gadites ^H1425 have received ^H3947 their inheritance, ^H5159 which Moses ^H4872 gave ^H5414 them, beyond ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 eastward, ^H4217 even as Moses ^H4872 the servant ^H5650 of the LORD ^H3068 gave ^H5414 them; From Aroer, ^H6177 that is upon the bank ^H8193 of the river ^H5158 Arnon, ^H769 and the city ^H5892 that is in the midst ^H8432 of the river, ^H5158 and all the plain ^H4334 of Medeba ^H4311 unto Dibon; ^H1769 And all the cities ^H5892 of Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 which reigned ^H4427 in Heshbon, ^H2809 unto the border ^H1366 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon; ^H5983 And Gilead, ^H1568 and the border ^H1366 of the Geshurites ^H1651 and Maachathites, ^H4602 and all mount ^H2022 Hermon, ^H2768 and all Bashan ^H1316 unto Salcah; ^H5548 All the kingdom ^H4468 of Og ^H5747 in Bashan, ^H1316 which reigned ^H4427 in Ashtaroth ^H6252 and in Edrei, ^H154 who remained ^H7604 of the remnant ^H3499 of the giants: ^H7497 for these did Moses ^H4872 smite, ^H5221 and cast them out. ^H3423 Nevertheless the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 expelled ^H3423 not the Geshurites, ^H1651 nor the Maachathites: ^H4602 but the Geshurites ^H1650 and the Maachathites ^H4601 dwell ^H3427 among ^H7130 the Israelites ^H3478 until this day. ^H3117 Only unto the tribe ^H7626 of Levi ^H3878 he gave ^H5414 none inheritance; ^H5159 the sacrifices ^H801 of the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478 made by fire ^H801 are their inheritance, ^H5159 as he said ^H1696 unto them. And Moses ^H4872 gave ^H5414 unto the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Reuben ^H7205 inheritance according to their families. ^H4940 And their coast ^H1366 was from Aroer, ^H6177 that is on the bank ^H8193 of the river ^H5158 Arnon, ^H769 and the city ^H5892 that is in the midst ^H8432 of the river, ^H5158 and all the plain ^H4334 by Medeba; ^H4311 Heshbon, ^H2809 and all her cities ^H5892 that are in the plain; ^H4334 Dibon, ^H1769 and Bamothbaal, ^H1120 and Bethbaalmeon, ^H1010 And Jahazah, ^H3096 and Kedemoth, ^H6932 and Mephaath, ^H4158 And Kirjathaim, ^H7156 and Sibmah, ^H7643 and Zarethshahar ^H6890 in the mount ^H2022 of the valley, ^H6010 And Bethpeor, ^H1047 and Ashdothpisgah, ^H798 ^H794 and Bethjeshimoth, ^H1020 And all the cities ^H5892 of the plain, ^H4334 and all the kingdom ^H4468 of Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 which reigned ^H4427 in Heshbon, ^H2809 whom Moses ^H4872 smote ^H5221 with the princes ^H5387 of Midian, ^H4080 Evi, ^H189 and Rekem, ^H7552 and Zur, ^H6698 and Hur, ^H2354 and Reba, ^H7254 which were dukes ^H5257 of Sihon, ^H5511 dwelling ^H3427 in the country. ^H776 Balaam ^H1109 also the son ^H1121 of Beor, ^H1160 the soothsayer, ^H7080 did the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 slay ^H2026 with the sword ^H2719 among them ^H413 that were slain ^H2491 by them. And the border ^H1366 of the children ^H1121 of Reuben ^H7205 was Jordan, ^H3383 and the border ^H1366 thereof. This was the inheritance ^H5159 of the children ^H1121 of Reuben ^H7205 after their families, ^H4940 the cities ^H5892 and the villages ^H2691 thereof. And Moses ^H4872 gave ^H5414 inheritance unto the tribe ^H4294 of Gad, ^H1410 even unto the children ^H1121 of Gad ^H1410 according to their families. ^H4940 And their coast ^H1366 was Jazer, ^H3270 and all the cities ^H5892 of Gilead, ^H1568 and half ^H2677 the land ^H776 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 unto Aroer ^H6177 that is before ^H6440 Rabbah; ^H7237 And from Heshbon ^H2809 unto Ramathmizpeh, ^H7434 and Betonim; ^H993 and from Mahanaim ^H4266 unto the border ^H1366 of Debir; ^H1688 And in the valley, ^H6010 Betharam, ^H1027 and Bethnimrah, ^H1039 and Succoth, ^H5523 and Zaphon, ^H6829 the rest ^H3499 of the kingdom ^H4468 of Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of Heshbon, ^H2809 Jordan ^H3383 and his border, ^H1366 even unto the edge ^H7097 of the sea ^H3220 of Chinnereth ^H3672 on the other side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 eastward. ^H4217 This is the inheritance ^H5159 of the children ^H1121 of Gad ^H1410 after their families, ^H4940 the cities, ^H5892 and their villages. ^H2691 And Moses ^H4872 gave ^H5414 inheritance unto the half ^H2677 tribe ^H7626 of Manasseh: ^H4519 and this was the possession of the half ^H2677 tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Manasseh ^H4519 by their families. ^H4940 And their coast ^H1366 was from Mahanaim, ^H4266 all Bashan, ^H1316 all the kingdom ^H4468 of Og ^H5747 king ^H4428 of Bashan, ^H1316 and all the towns ^H2333 of Jair, ^H2971 which are in Bashan, ^H1316 threescore ^H8346 cities: ^H5892 And half ^H2677 Gilead, ^H1568 and Ashtaroth, ^H6252 and Edrei, ^H154 cities ^H5892 of the kingdom ^H4468 of Og ^H5747 in Bashan, ^H1316 were pertaining unto the children ^H1121 of Machir ^H4353 the son ^H1121 of Manasseh, ^H4519 even to the one half ^H2677 of the children ^H1121 of Machir ^H4353 by their families. ^H4940 These are the countries which Moses ^H4872 did distribute for inheritance ^H5157 in the plains ^H6160 of Moab, ^H4124 on the other side ^H5676 Jordan, ^H3383 by Jericho, ^H3405 eastward. ^H4217

Luke 22:29-42 STRONG

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And I ^G2504 appoint ^G1303 unto you ^G5213 a kingdom, ^G932 as ^G2531 my ^G3450 Father ^G3962 hath appointed ^G1303 unto me; ^G3427 That ^G2443 ye may eat ^G2068 and ^G2532 drink ^G4095 at ^G1909 my ^G3450 table ^G5132 in ^G1722 my ^G3450 kingdom, ^G932 and ^G2532 sit ^G2523 on ^G1909 thrones ^G2362 judging ^G2919 the twelve ^G1427 tribes ^G5443 of Israel. ^G2474 And ^G1161 the Lord ^G2962 said, ^G2036 Simon, ^G4613 Simon, ^G4613 behold, ^G2400 Satan ^G4567 hath desired ^G1809 to have you, ^G5209 that he may sift ^G4617 you as ^G5613 wheat: ^G4621 But ^G1161 I ^G1473 have prayed ^G1189 for ^G4012 thee, ^G4675 that ^G3363 thy ^G4675 faith ^G4102 fail ^G1587 not: ^G3363 and ^G2532 when ^G4218 thou ^G4771 art converted, ^G1994 strengthen ^G4741 thy ^G4675 brethren. ^G80 And ^G1161 he said ^G2036 unto him, ^G846 Lord, ^G2962 I am ^G1510 ready ^G2092 to go ^G4198 with ^G3326 thee, ^G4675 both ^G2532 into ^G1519 prison, ^G5438 and ^G2532 to ^G1519 death. ^G2288 And ^G1161 he said, ^G2036 I tell ^G3004 thee, ^G4671 Peter, ^G4074 the cock ^G220 shall ^G5455 not ^G3364 crow ^G5455 this day, ^G4594 before that ^G4250 thou shalt ^G2228 thrice ^G5151 deny ^G533 that thou ^G3361 knowest ^G1492 me. ^G3165 And ^G2532 he said ^G2036 unto them, ^G846 When ^G3753 I sent ^G649 you ^G5209 without ^G817 purse, ^G905 and ^G2532 scrip, ^G4082 and ^G2532 shoes, ^G5266 ^G3361 lacked ye ^G5302 any thing? ^G5100 And ^G1161 they said, ^G2036 Nothing. ^G3762 Then ^G3767 said he ^G2036 unto them, ^G846 But ^G235 now, ^G3568 he that hath ^G2192 a purse, ^G905 let him take ^G142 it, and ^G2532 likewise ^G3668 his scrip: ^G4082 and ^G2532 he that hath ^G2192 no ^G3361 sword, ^G3162 let him sell ^G4453 his ^G846 garment, ^G2440 and ^G2532 buy ^G59 one. For ^G1063 I say ^G3004 unto you, ^G5213 that ^G3754 this ^G5124 that is written ^G1125 must ^G1163 yet ^G2089 be accomplished ^G5055 in ^G1722 me, ^G1698 And ^G2532 he was reckoned ^G3049 among ^G3326 the transgressors: ^G459 for ^G2532 ^G1063 the things concerning ^G4012 me ^G1700 have ^G2192 an end. ^G5056 And ^G1161 they said, ^G2036 Lord, ^G2962 behold, ^G2400 here ^G5602 are two ^G1417 swords. ^G3162 And ^G1161 he said ^G2036 unto them, ^G846 It is ^G2076 enough. ^G2425 And ^G2532 he came out, ^G1831 and went, ^G4198 as ^G2596 he was wont, ^G1485 to ^G1519 the mount ^G3735 of Olives; ^G1636 and ^G1161 his ^G846 disciples ^G3101 also ^G2532 followed ^G190 him. ^G846 And ^G1161 when he was ^G1096 at ^G1909 the place, ^G5117 he said ^G2036 unto them, ^G846 Pray ^G4336 that ye enter ^G1525 not ^G3361 into ^G1519 temptation. ^G3986 And ^G2532 he ^G846 was withdrawn ^G645 from ^G575 them ^G846 about ^G5616 a stone's ^G3037 cast, ^G1000 and ^G2532 kneeled down, ^G5087 ^G1119 and prayed, ^G4336 Saying, ^G3004 Father, ^G3962 if ^G1487 thou be willing, ^G1014 remove ^G3911 this ^G5124 cup ^G4221 from ^G575 me: ^G1700 nevertheless ^G4133 not ^G3361 my ^G3450 will, ^G2307 but ^G235 thine, ^G4674 be done. ^G1096

Commentary on Joshua 12 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Matthew Henry Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 12

This chapter gives a short account of the conquests made by the Israelites, both in the times of Moses and of Joshua, and first of the kingdom of Sihon and Og on the other side Jordan, in the times of Moses, and which he gave to the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and which are particularly described, Joshua 12:1; and then of the kings and the countries on this side Jordan whom Joshua conquered, Joshua 12:7; and the names of the thirty one kingdoms are recited, that so it might be exactly known and observed what were afterwards divided among the tribes and possessed by them, Joshua 12:9.

Verse 1

Now these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel smote,.... In the days of Moses, as Jarchi remarks, and as it clearly appears from what follows:

and possessed, their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun; on the east of the land of Canaan:

from the river Arnon unto the mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east; Arnon was the border of Moab between them and the Amorites, Numbers 21:13; and from hence to Hermon, a mountain adjoining to Lebanon, lay the country of the two kings of the Amorites after mentioned, Deuteronomy 3:8; and the plain on the east were the plains of Moab, which lay to the east of Jordan.

Verse 2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,.... Which he took from the Moabites, and made his capital city, Numbers 21:26,

and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river of Arnon; a city of Moab, which never fell into the hands of Sihon, and therefore he is said to rule from it but not over it:

and from the middle of the river; that is, the river Arnon, which being the boundary of the Moabites and Amorites, the king of the Amorites might be said to rule from the middle of it:

and from half Gilead even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; so it is said to be, Deuteronomy 3:16; it should be rendered, not "from half Gilead", but "and half Gilead", as it is in the Hebrew text, and so in the Targum; for half Gilead belonged to the kingdom of Sihon, as the other half did to the kingdom of Og, as in Joshua 12:5; and so Jarchi remarks.

Verse 3

And from the plain,.... Or rather, "and the plain", the plains of Moab, which, before possessed by the Israelites, belonged to the kingdom of Sihon; and the plains of Jordan, which reached

to the sea of Cinneroth on the east; the same with the lake of Gennesaret, and sea of Tiberias, mentioned in the New Testament, Matthew 14:34,

and unto the sea of the plain; where stood the cities of the plain, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.

even the salt sea on the east; the same with the dead sea, into which the plain the above cities stood on was converted:

the way to Bethjeshimoth; which was a place in the plains of Moab, Numbers 33:49,

and from the south under Ashdothpisgah; or the springs of Pisgah, which flowed from the mount of that name, Deuteronomy 3:17.

Verse 4

And the coast of Og king of Bashan,.... The country that he reigned over, who was another king of the Amorites, smitten by Israel in the times of Moses:

which was of the remnant of the giants; See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:11,

that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei; of which two places see Deuteronomy 1:4; it seems as if Og had a palace in each of those cities, and sometimes was at one and sometimes at another, as is usual with kings.

Verse 5

And reigned in Mount Hermon,.... That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, Joshua 11:17, and adjacent to it, of which mountain; see Gill on Deuteronomy 3:8 and See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:9,

and in Salcah: which was a city belonging to the kingdom of Og, Deuteronomy 3:10,

and in all Bashan; or Batanea, a country famous for pasturage, Micah 7:14, and for fat cattle, Ezekiel 39:18, and for oaks, Isaiah 2:13, frequently mentioned in Scripture:

unto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites; which were two nations the Israelites never expelled, Joshua 13:13; of which see Deuteronomy 3:14,

and half Gilead; which belonged to Og, as the other half did to Sihon, before observed, which was as follows:

the border of Sihon king of Heshbon; here the two kingdoms joined, even in the midst of Gilead, which was divided between them, but now wholly fell into the hands of Israel.

Verse 6

Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smite,.... That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in Numbers 21:1,

and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it; the whole dominion of the two kings before mentioned:

for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh: of which grant, and the conditions of it, see Numbers 32:1.

Verse 7

And these are the kings of the country,.... After particularly named, Joshua 12:9,

which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west; that is, on the west of Jordan:

from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even unto the mount Halak,

that goeth up to Seir; of which see Joshua 11:17,

which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession,

according to their divisions; as after related in this book.

Verse 8

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country,.... Which is a description of the whole land of Canaan; some parts of which were hills and mountains, others vales and champaign fields; others were dry and barren, and others well watered; some part of it lay to the north, as towards Lebanon, and others to the south, towards Seir:

the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; which were the nations that inhabited the land of Canaan before it was taken and possessed by the Israelites.

Verse 9

The king of Jericho, one,.... Who was first taken, and so named first, Joshua 6:21,

the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; who was next taken and though Bethel was so near Ai, it had a king of its own, after mentioned, see Joshua 7:1.

Verse 10

The king of Jerusalem, one,.... Whose name was Adonizedek, and was one of the five kings taken and hanged, Joshua 10:1,

the king of Hebron, one; another of the five kings, whose name was Hoham, Joshua 10:3.

Verse 11

The king of Jarmuth, one,.... Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Joshua 10:3,

the king of Lachish, one; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Joshua 10:3.

Verse 12

The king of Eglon, one,.... The last of the five kings, and his name was Debir, Joshua 10:3,

the king of Gezer, one; who came up to help Lachish, and his name was Horam, Joshua 10:33.

Verse 13

The king of Debir, one,.... The same with Kirjathsepher, of which place; see Gill on Joshua 10:38,

the king of Geder, one: Jerom^F8De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A. B. seems to confound this with the tower of Eder, beyond which Jacob pitched his tent, Genesis 35:21; and he speaks of a Gaddera in the tribe of Judah, in his time a village belonging to the country about Aelia or Jerusalem, and of Gahedur in the tribe of Judah, a large village, ten miles from Diospolis or Lydda, as you go to Eleutheropolis: it seems to be the same with Gederah, Joshua 15:36, or Gedor, Joshua 15:58.

Verse 14

The king of Hormah, one,.... Which was formerly called Zephath, Judges 1:17; see Joshua 15:3,

the king of Arad, one; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom^F9De Loc. Heb. fol. 92. L. says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; see Numbers 21:1.

Verse 15

The king of Libnah, one,.... Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, Joshua 10:29,

the king of Adullam, one; a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35; Jerom says^F11De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F. there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the east of Eleutheropolis: near to this place was a cave where David hid himself when he fled from Saul, 1 Samuel 22:1; See Gill on Micah 1:15.

Verse 16

The king of Makkedah, one,.... In a cave near to which five kings hid themselves, and were taken out and hanged, and the city afterwards was taken by Joshua, Joshua 10:16; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:41,

the king of Bethel, one; a city near to Ai, about a mile from it, and yet had a king over it: it was taken at the same time that Ai was, Joshua 7:2; and fell to the lot of Benjamin, Joshua 18:22.

Verse 17

The king of Tappuah, one,.... Which Jerom calls^F12De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C. Thaffu; it signifies an apple, and perhaps had its name from plenty of that fruit that grew there: a city of this name fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34; where also was another place called Bethtappuah, Joshua 15:53; and both different from another Tappuah on the border of Manasseh, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 17:8; by some thought to be meant here:

the king of Hepher, one; mention is made of Gittahhepher as on the border of Zebulun, Joshua 19:13; the same with Gathhepher, of which place was the Prophet Jonah, 2 Kings 14:25; and of the land of Hepher in 1 Kings 4:10; which is said by Jerom to be in the same tribe, and not far from Diocaesarea or Zippore; and we read of a Chepher or Hepher in the Jewish writings^F13T. Hieros. Sheviith, fol. 37. 3. Vajikra Rabba, sect. 20. fol. 161. 4. , which, according to the account of it there given, could not be far from the same place, at least it must be less than twelve miles from it.

Verse 18

The king of Aphek, one,.... There was a place called Aphekah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:53; and an Aphek that was on the border of the Amorites, Joshua 13:4; and another in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:30; but Adrichomius^F14Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 35. places this Aphek in the tribe of Issachar, whose king Joshua smote, and takes it to be the same place where the Philistines in the times of Samuel and David brought their armies against Israel, 1 Samuel 4:1; and where the king of Syria fought against Israel, 1 Kings 20:26; and says that its ruins were now shown in the great plain not far from Gilboa to the east of Mount Carmel, and five miles from Tabor:

the king of Lasharon, one; which, according to the Vulgate Latin version, is the same with Saron, which, in Acts 9:35, in some copies is called Assaron; so Adrichomius^F15Ib. p. 30. , who places it in the tribe of Ephraim, and takes it to be the same Sharon Isaiah speaks of, Isaiah 33:9; and of which Jerom says^F16De loc. Heb. fol. 94. M. , to this day there is a country between Tabor and the lake of Tiberias called Saronas, and also that from Caesarea of Palestine to the town of Joppa, all the land that is seen bears that name.

Verse 19

The king of Madon, one,.... Whose name was Jobab, Joshua 11:1,

the king of Hazor, one; whose name was Jabin, and of him and his city; see Gill on Joshua 11:1.

Verse 20

The king of Shimronmeron, one,.... See Joshua 11:1, this place fell to the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15,

the king of Achshaph, one; see Joshua 11:1; this city fell to the lot of Asher, Joshua 19:25.

Verse 21

The king of Taanach, one,.... It was in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11; Jerom says^F17De Loc. Heb. fol. 95. D. , in his time it was a large village, distant from Legion on the plain of Esdraelon three miles:

the king of Megiddo, one; which belonged to the same tribe, Joshua 17:11; near this place were some waters where the Canaanites fought with the Israelites, Judges 5:19; and a valley where Josiah was slain, 2 Chronicles 35:22.

Verse 22

The king of Kedesh, one,.... Which afterwards fell to the tribe of Naphtali, and was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 19:37; it was situated in upper Galilee on Mount Naphtali, four miles from the city of Sephet, and as many from Capernaum, and twenty miles from Tyre^F18Adrichom. Theatrum, p. 104. :

the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; a city that came to the lot of the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:11; and was given to the Levites, Joshua 21:34; it was not far from Mount Carmel, from whence it is described.

Verse 23

The king of Dor, in the coast of Dor, one,.... Of which see Joshua 11:2; it fell to the lot of Manasseh, but never was possessed by them, as were not Taanach and Megiddo, before mentioned, Joshua 17:11 Judges 1:27,

the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; not the place where Joshua encamped after he had passed Jordan, for that was then no city; the Septuagint version renders it the land of Galilee; and Dr. Lightfoot^F19Chorograph. Cent. c. 88. is of opinion that Galilee is meant, and in the Apocrypha:"Who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgala, and pitched their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had won it, they slew much people.' (1 Maccabees 9:2)Galgala is spoken of as near to Arbel, a city in Galilee: Jerom^F20De loc. Heb. fol. 92. B. takes this to be the same with Glagulis, which in his time was a village six miles from Antipatris to the north.

Verse 24

The king of Tirzah, one,.... To what tribe this place fell is nowhere said: Adrichomius^F21Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 74. places it in the tribe of Manasseh; and so does Bunting^F23Travels, &c. p. 160. , who says of it, that it was a fair and beautiful city, situated on a high and pleasant mountain, in the tribe of Manasseh, twenty four miles from Jerusalem to the north: here Jeroboam had his royal seat, and so his successors unto Omri, 1 Kings 14:17; and Dr Lightfoot^F24Works, vol. 1. p. 78. seems to suspect as if Shechem in Mount Ephraim and Tirzah were the same; for, he says, if Shechem and Tirzah were not one and the same town, it appears that Jeroboam had removed his court, when his son died, from where it was when he first erected his idols; compare 1 Kings 12:25, with 1 Kings 14:17; and so it may argue that there was some space between: it was, no doubt, a very pleasant and beautiful city, as not only appears from its name, but from the allusion to it in Song of Solomon 6:4,

all the kings thirty and one: it may seem strange that, in so small a country as Canaan was, there should be so many kings in it, since the length of it from Dan to Beersheba was scarce an hundred sixty miles, as Jerom^F25Epist. Dardano, tom. 3. p. 22. I. K. says; who further observes, that he was ashamed to give the breadth of it, lest it should give occasion to Heathens to blaspheme; for, adds he, from Joppa to our little village Bethlehem (where they then were) were forty six miles, to which succeeded only a vast desert: but it may be observed, that in ancient times, in other countries, there were a great many kings, as here in Britain, and in France, Spain, and Germany, as Bishop Patrick has observed from several writers; and Strabo^F26Geograph. l. 16. p. 519. testifies the same of the cities of Phoenicia or Canaan, that they had each of them separate kings, as Joshua here describes them.

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