“ The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; ”
The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites ( Joshua 10:1 ff...
Joshua 12. List of the Conquered Kings. The whole of this chapter, which is a detailed expansion of Joshua 11:16 , So Joshua took all that land, is a late composition of the Deuteronomic school; o...
The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; Taanach - A city in the half tribe of Manasseh, to the west of Jordan, not far from the frontiers of Zebulun, Joshua 17:11 . This city was assigne...
Ver. 21. The king of Taanach—The king of Megiddo — Taanach, a city assigned to the Levites, chap. Judges 21:25 in the half tribe of Manasseh, to the west of Jordan, chap. Judges 17:11 was no...
A Review of the Victories of Moses and Joshua This chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following Chapter s narrate the partition of the con...
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...
This chapter contains no new matter. It is rather a detailed summary of the extent of the conquest. First the victories under Moses (verses Jos 12:1-6) and then those under Joshua (verses Jos 12:7-24...
I bring all these verses together into one view, from the same reason as I did the former, because they all relate to one and the same subject, the splendid victories of Joshua. And I only detain the...
The king of Taanach, one ,.... It was in the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11 ; Jerom says q, in his time it was a large village, distant from Legion on the plain of Esdraelon three miles: the kin...
KINGS CONQUERED BY MOSES (vs.1-6) A list is given now of those kings defeated by Israel before they crossed the Jordan, while Moses was still living. We have read of them in Deuteronomy, and shal...
7 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, tha...
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‘ The king of Taanach, one, the king of Megiddo, one.' These were kings of two of the major cities of Canaan, situated on either side of the Plain of Esdraelon, each having a large population in...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 12:7 . Baal gad.… Halak] Cf. on chap. Joshua 11:17 . Joshua 12:8 . Mountains , etc.] Cf. on Chapter s Joshua 9:1 ; Joshua 10:40 . Geographical notes on most of the...
This chapter contains the Hebrew chart of honour, and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. Joshua 12:1 . Arnon, the river which drained the vales of Moab. See the Map. Joshua...
These axe the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote. The goodness and severity of God This chapter is a short summary of the work that has been done. In this resume of the con...
EXPOSITION THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA 'S CONQUESTS . Joshua 12:1 Now these are the kings. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to t...
The Conquered Kings West of Jordan
1 Kings 4:12 ; 2 Kings 23:29 ; 2 Kings 23:30 ; Joshua 17:11 ; Judges 5:19