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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1

From the river Arnon unto Mount Hermon - Arnon was the boundary of all the southern coast of the land occupied by the Israelites beyond Jordan; and the mountains of Hermon were the boundaries on the north. Arnon takes its rise in the mountains of Gilead, and having run a long way from north to south falls into the Dead Sea, near the same place into which Jordan discharges itself. And all the plain on the east - All the land from the plains of Moab to Mount Hermon. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:2

From Aroer - Aroer was situated on the western side of the river Arnon, in the middle of the valley through which this river takes its course. The kingdom of Sihon extended from the river Arnon and the city of Aroer on the south to the river Jabbok on the north. And from half Gilead - The mountains of Gilead extended from north to south from Mount Hermon towards the source of the river Arnon, which was about the midst of the extent of the kingdom of Sihon: thus Sihon is said to have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:3

The sea of Chinneroth - Or Gennesareth, the same as the lake or sea of Tiberias. The Salt Sea on the east - המלח ים yam hammelach , which is here translated the Salt Sea, is understood by others to mean the sea of the city Melach. Where can we find any thing that can be called a salt sea on the east of the lake of Gennesareth? Some think that the lake Asphaltites, called also the Dead Sea, Sea of the Desert, Sea of Sodom, and Salt Sea, is here intended. Beth-jeshimoth - A city... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:4

Coast of Og king of Bashan - Concerning this person see the notes on Deuteronomy 3:11 , and on Numbers 21:35 , etc. The remnant or the giants - Or, Rephaim. See the notes on Genesis 6:4 ; Genesis 14:5 , and Deuteronomy 2:7 , Deuteronomy 2:11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:5

The border of the Geshurites - The country of Bashan, in the days of Moses and Joshua, extended from the river Jabbok on the south to the frontiers of the Geshurites and Maachathites on the north, to the foot of the mountains of Hermon. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:7

From Baal-gad - A repetition of what is mentioned Joshua 11:17 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1

Verse 1 1.NOW these are the kings, etc This chapter does not need a lengthened exposition, as it only enumerates the kings of whose territories the Israelites gained possession. Two of them are beyond the Jordan, Og and Sihon, whose rule was extensive; in the land of Canaan there are thirty-one. But though each of those now summarily mentioned was previously given more in detail, there is very good reason for here placing before our eyes as it were a living picture of the goodness of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:1

EXPOSITION THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA 'S CONQUESTS . Now these are the kings. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into the hands of the Israelites. First he traces out the border of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, which he describes as bounded on the south by the river Arnon, on the west of course by the Jordan, and as extending from Hermon, past the Sea of Chinneroth, to the borders of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

The extent of the conquest. A few detached considerations occur to us here. I. GOD WELL NOT BE WORSE THAN HIS WORD . The reduction of the whole land had not yet been effected, but it had been rendered possible if Israel were disposed to follow up his advantage. The list of cities captured covers nearly the whole extent of Palestine, and Canaan had been deprived of all capacity of resistance. So it is with the Christian who has entered into covenant with God. The mastery... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:2

T he river Jabbok. Literally, the pouring or emptying stream. It is remarkable that, while the LXX . renders here by χείμαρρος , a winter torrent, it steadily renders the same Hebrew word, when referring to Aruon, by φάραγξ . This latter word indicates the rocky cleft through which the water flows; the former, the fact that, though rapid and impetuous in winter, it was usually dried up in summer. Cf. the term χείμαρρος , applied to the Kedron by St. John ( Joshua 18:1 ); a... read more

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