Joshua 11:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. ”

Joshua 11:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Waters of Merom - i. e. “the upper waters,” the modern Bahr el Huleh, the lake Semechonitis, or Samochonitis of Josephus. This lake occupies the southern half of the Ard el Huleh, a depressed bas...
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

met together : i.e. by appointment. Compare Amos 3:3 .
Joshua 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. The waters of Merom - Where these waters were, interpreters are not agreed....
Joshua 11:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 5. They—pitched—at the waters of Merom — These waters of Merom are generally thought to be nothing but the lake of Semechon, so called from the abundance of fish it contains; Semechon,...
Joshua 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The waters of Merom. — The most northerly of the three lakes on the course of the Jordan.
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A goodly number truly if numbers could avail. And here we find cavalry also joined with them. Josephus, if I mistake not, makes the army of Canaan to consist at this time of 300, 000 foot, and 10, 00...
Joshua 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when all those kings were met together ,.... At some certain place, which Jabin had appointed: they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom : Josephus a says it was at Berotha; perhap...
Joshua 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. Ver. 5. And when all these kings were met together. ] Heb., Assembled by...
Joshua 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

These kings pitched at the waters of Merom A lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the king of Shimron, near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost...
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confederacy Against Israel. B. C. 1450. 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor...
Joshua 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The waters of Merom; a lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the king of Shimron, or Shimron-meron, and near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost...
Joshua 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people, even as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude, with very many horses and chariots. And all these kings met together,...
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - 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 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Alliance of Heathen Kings and their Defeat
Joshua 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:9 ; Psalms 118:10-12 ; Psalms 3:1 ; Revelation 16:14
Joshua 11:5 - 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 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Merom — A lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the King of Schimron, near Hazor, Jabin's royal city, and almost in the middle of these confederate...

Joshua 11:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 11:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 11:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 11:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 11:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 11:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 11:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes