Joshua 11:5

The waters of Merom. — The most northerly of the three lakes on the course of the Jordan.

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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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

met together : i.e. by appointment. Compare Amos 3:3 .
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 - Whe...
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 fr...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Waters of Merom ] Probably Lake Huleh, a marshy lake near the sources of the Jordan.
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...
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...
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 c...
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...
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...
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 t...
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 Sh...
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 thi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confederacy Against Israel. B. C. 1450. ...
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-mero...
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 horse...
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 a...
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 Gali...
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 fal...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Alliance of Heathen Kings and their Defeat
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when all these kings were met together, had joined their forces by definite appointment, they came and pitched together at the Waters of Merom,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:9 ; Psalms 118:10-12 ; Psalms 3:1 ; Revelation 16:14
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 t...
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 c...

⁵ And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 11:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 11:5