Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:10
These forty and five years - See the note on Joshua 13:1 . read more
約書亞記 14:6-12 Rcuvts
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:11
Even so is my strength now - I do not ask this place because I wish to sit down now, and take my ease; on the contrary, I know I must fight, to drive out the Anakim, and I am as able and willing to do it as I was forty-five years ago, when Moses sent me to spy out the land. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:12
I shall be able to drive them out - He cannot mean Hebron merely, for that had been taken before by Joshua; but in the request of Caleb doubtless all the circumjacent country was comprised, in many parts of which the Anakim were still in considerable force. It has been conjectured that Hebron itself had again fallen under the power of its former possessors, who, taking the advantage of the absence of the Israelitish army, who were employed in other parts of the country, re-entered the city,... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6
Verse 6 6.Then the children of Judah came, etc Here the account which had been begun as to the partition of the land is broken off to make way for the insertion of a narrative, namely, that Caleb requested Mount Hebron to be given to him as he had been promised by Moses. This happened a long time before the people had ceased from making war, and it became necessary to cast lots. It is stated to be the fifth year since their entrance into the land, and he does not ask for a locality to be given... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:7
Verse 7 7.Forty years old was I, etc He seems to talk of his own virtue in rather loftier terms than becomes a pious and modest man. But let us remember that, seeing the thing was in itself invidious and liable to many objections, it stood in need of special commendation as a means of suppressing envy. He therefore mentions that he had acted in good faith in bringing back an account of what he had learned concerning the land. For the expression, “As it was in my heart,” evidently denotes... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:9
Verse 9 9.And Moses swear on that day, etc Here, then, is one fruit of the embassy honestly and faithfully performed — to gain possession of an inheritance of which the whole people is deprived. For although long life is justly accounted one of the mercies of God, the end proposed by it is here added, viz., that Caleb may obtain the inheritance which is denied to others. This was no ordinary privilege. He next extols the faithfulness of God in having prolonged his life, and not only so, but... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6
In Gilgal (see Joshua 9:6 ). Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite. Or, descendant of Kenaz, as was his kinsman Othniel. As far as we can make out from the genealogy in 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 , Caleb and Kenaz were family names, for the Caleb or Calubi ( 1 Chronicles 2:9 ) the son of Hezron ( 1 Chronicles 2:18 ), the Caleb the son of Hur ( 1 Chronicles 2:50 ), and Caleb the son of Jephunneh ( 1 Chronicles 4:15 ), could not have been the same persons. And Caleb was a Kenezite,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15
Caleb's faithfulness and its reward. The history of Caleb seems to have a special fascination for the sacred historian. We read of him here, and in the next chapter, and in 1:1-36 . Whether this were due to his bravery, his sincerity, his hale and hearty old age, or (see note on 1:6 ) his foreign extraction, coupled with his zeal for his adopted country and tribe, or from the combination of all these, it is not necessary to decide. Sufficient to remark I. THE BRAVE MAN WINS ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15
Caleb. I. THE CHARACTER OF CALEB . II. THE REWARD OF CALEB . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:9
The land whereon thy feet have trodden - This probably refers to Hebron, which was no doubt mentioned on this occasion. read more