L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24
AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon (tie.8:1-2).When Jephthah had gained the victory over the Ammonites, they ought to have shown genuine appreciation of this, but instead they came with bitter enmity, being angry because Jephthah had not called them to help in the defeat of Ammon.They tell him, "We will burn your house down on you with fire!" (v.1). Jephthah was not as wise as Gideon... read more
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 12:1-24
The Conquered Kings CHAPTER 12 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1-6 ) 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7-24 ) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of the previous chapter. It was after Joshua had made war a long time with all those kings (Joshua 11:18 ). Deuteronomy 6:10-11 was also fulfilled. “And it shall be, when the LORD Thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which He sware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob,... read more