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Joshua 12:1-24 open_in_new
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 conquered and some unconquered land. The original account of these conquests is to be found in Numbers 21:21-35, and of the assignment to the 2½ tribes in Numbers 3:2. A fuller description of the territory is given in chapter Numbers 13:1-33;where see notes.
1-6. Moses' conquests E. of Jordan. Kingdoms of Sihon and Og.
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Joshua 12:3 open_in_new
Sea of Chinneroth] the OT. name for the Sea of Galilee. Salt sea] the Dead Sea.
7-24. Joshua's conquests W. of Jordan—thirty-one kings.
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Joshua 12:7 open_in_new
The N. and S. limits are given as in Joshua 11:17, only in reverse order. On this side Jordan on the west] RV 'beyond Jordan westward.'
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Joshua 12:9 open_in_new
One] i.e. one king.
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Joshua 12:21 open_in_new
Taanach.. Megiddo] see on Judges 5:19.
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Joshua 12:23 open_in_new
The nations] RV 'Goiim.'
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Tirzah] (probably=Teiasir) NE. of Shechem. It was afterwards the capital of the Northern Kingdom, from the time of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:17) till the 6th year of Omri, who moved the centre of government to Samaria (1 Kings 16:23).