Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:7-10
A long time - At least five years; according to others, seven years (see Joshua 14:10 , and Introduction). This and the preceding chapter contai...
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...
a long time . many days.
18. Joshua made war a long time, etc Before, he had, in a short time, and, as it were, with the swiftness of running, seized possession of f...
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Joshua made war a long time - The whole of these conquests were not effected in one campaign: they...
Ver. 18. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings — Joshua did not make all these conquests in one single campaign; Josephus says, that...
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Campaign in the North Here there is no trace, as in the former case, of miraculous interposition. Joshua's generalship, courage, swiftness and...
A long time. — See Note on Joshua 14:10 . The war seems to have lasted seven years, a long time when compared with the desultory incursions and si...
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...
Much Land Yet to Be Possessed Joshua 11:16-23 ; Joshua 13:1-7 We do not know how long the war lasted. Probably about seven years, Joshua 14:1...
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...
These verses sum up the account of the whole conquests of all the northern parts of Canaan. If we compute the different periods, it should seem that...
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. For, though the account of the conquest of them is put together, and lies in a small compass, yet...
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. Ver. 18. Joshua made war a long time. ] Near seven years, though in few words related. Of him it...
Joshua made war a long time For divers years together, five or six at least, according to Josephus. And this is here expressed, lest it should be t...
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...
15 As the L ORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the L ORD c...
For divers years together, as is evident by the following history, and by comparing Deuteronomy 2:14 with Joshua 14:7 , &c. And this is he...
‘ Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.' All this took time. Only the highlights have been described in detail. But gradually Joshua'...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 11:17 . From the mount Halak] Marg. = “The smooth mountain;” or “the bare” or “bald” mountain: thought by Robinson and o...
long time ( See Scofield) - ( Joshua 10:42 ).
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...
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...
EXPOSITION THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR .— Joshua 11:1 And it came to pass. The political constitution of Palestine was, humanly...
The Conquest of Western Palestine
Joshua made war a long time with all these kings.
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...
A long time — For divers years together, as is evident by the following history. And this is here expressed, lest it should be thought that as all...
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.