Joshua 11:6

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

said. See note on Joshua 3:7.

hough. sever the hamstring.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 11:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hough their horses - i. e. cut the sinews of the hinder hoofs. This sinew once severed cannot be healed, and the horses would thus be irreparably...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shal...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And the Lord said unto, Joshua, etc The greater the labor and difficulty of destroying an army, so numerous and so well equipped, the mor...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shal...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 6. And the Lord said unto Joshua — This was spoken in the camp at Gilgal. It is difficult to conceive how this matter could have been liter...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou...
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

Thou shalt hough, etc.] To 'hough' or 'hock'=to hamstring a horse. This was done, no doubt, during the battle, to stop the charge. The chariots wer...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt hough their horses. — See Note on Joshua 11:9 , and observe that the command of Jehovah is the authority for the act.
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

I beg the Reader to remark with me on this verse, how gracious the Lord is to his servants, in the repeated communications of his assured love and fa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Joshua, be not afraid because of them ,.... Of their number, of their horsemen, and of their scythed chariots; which might at...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shal...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will deliver them up all slain The Seventy translate this τετροπωμενους, put to flight: and it is certain they were not all slain, but many of...
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

Hough their horses, i.e. cut their hamstrings, that they may be unfit for war. For God forbade them to have or keep many horses, Deuteronomy 17:1...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And YHWH said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shal...
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 the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel; thou shall...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 11:9 ; 2 Chronicles 20:16 ; 2 Samuel 8:4 ; Deuteronomy 7:16 ; Hosea 14:3 ; Isaiah 30:16 ; Isaiah 31:1 ; Joshua 10:8 ; Joshua 11:9 ;...
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

Hough their horses — Cut their hamstrings that they may my be unfit for war. For God forbad them to keep many horses, now especially, that they mig...

⁶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 11:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 11:6