Joshua 11:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. ”

Joshua 11:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render: “But the cities standing each on its own hill” (compare Jeremiah 30:18 ). The meaning is simply that, with the exception of Hazor, Joshua did not burn the cities, but left them standing, e...
Joshua 11:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But [as for] the cities that stood still in their (g) strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn. (g) Which were strong by situation and not hurt by war.
Joshua 11:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 kin...
Joshua 11:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. The cities that stood still in their strength - The word תלם tillam, w...
Joshua 11:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 13. But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, &c.— The Hebrew is תלם על al tillam, which may signify a foot, or standing; and then the sense would be, that Joshua...
Joshua 11:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. As for the cities that stood still in their strength х `al ( H...
Joshua 11:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 achievem...
Joshua 11:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The cities that stood still in their strength. — Literally, that stood on their mounds (“quæerant in collibus et in tumulis sitæ.” — Vulg.). Comp. Joshua 11:20 . We may fairly suppose that Jeric...
Joshua 11:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 begi...
Joshua 11:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua's Obedience to the Lord's Commands Joshua 11:1-15 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, w...
Joshua 11:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 atta...
Joshua 11:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As Hazor was the ringleader of this war, for so we read in the opening of the chapter, Joshua directed his special vengeance on him. This Hazor is a remarkable place in scripture, for it contained th...
Joshua 11:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength ,.... Whose walls were not demolished when taken, as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret it, or that "stood upon their heaps" y; upon an eminence, be...
Joshua 11:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But [as for] the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; [that] did Joshua burn. Ver. 13. That stood still in their strength. ] Heb., On their hea...
Joshua 11:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In their strength Hebrew, with their fence , walls, or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. Save Hazor Because this city began the war, and, being the chief...
Joshua 11:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 na...
Joshua 11:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua's Victories. B. C. 1450. 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor...
Joshua 11:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In their strength, Heb. with (for so this preposition is oft used, as Exodus 35:12 Leviticus 2:2 Ezekiel 16:37 , &c.) their fence or fences , walls or bulwarks, i.e. which were not...
Joshua 11:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ But as for the cities that stood on their tells, Israel did not burn any of them except Hazor only. That Joshua did burn.' The saving of all these cities, as he had saved the others in the Sout...
Joshua 11:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Joshua 11:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Joshua 11:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 impressi...
Joshua 11:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Joshua 11:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Alliance of Heathen Kings and their Defeat
Joshua 11:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 30:18
Joshua 11:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Wages of Sin is Death Joshua 11:1-23 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 fea...
Joshua 11:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In their strength — Heb. with their fence, walls or bulwarks, that is, which were not ruined with their walls in taking them. Save Hazor — Because this city began the war, and being the chief and r...

Joshua 11:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 11:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 11:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 11:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 11:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 11:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 11:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 11:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 11:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes