Joshua 12:4

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

This chapter contains no new matter. It is rather a detailed summary of the extent of the conquest. First the victories under Moses (verses Jos 12:1-6 ) and then those under Joshua (verses Jos 12:7-24 ). Thus ends the first section of this Book. The chosen people are now seen in actual possession of the land. The destructive part of the divine work was accomplished. The constructive purposes of God might now go forward. All grim and soiled and brown with tan, I saw a Strong One, in His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:4-5

‘ And the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, and ruled in Mount Hermon and in Salecah and in all Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.’ “And the border of” finalises the description of Sihon’s kingdom as ending where Og’s kingdom started and the area of Og’s kingdom is now described. He was of the remnant of the Rephaim, who could be compared in stature to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

Joshua 12. List of the Conquered Kings.— The whole of this chapter, which is a detailed expansion of Joshua 11:16, “ So Joshua took all that land,” is a late composition of the Deuteronomic school; of which it can only be said that the first six verses are probably less removed from historical verity than the last eighteen. The statement ( Joshua 12:6, that Moses had given the half tribe of Manasseh land on the east of the Jordan is unhistorical (ch. 17*). Joshua 12:10 ( cf. Judges 1:7)... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 12:4

To wit, successively; sometimes at the one, sometimes at the other city; both being his royal mansions. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 12:1-6

SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS CONQUESTSCRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 12:1. The river Arnon] Now known as Wâdy el Modjeb. Before the war, it separated between the Moabites and the Amorites of Eastern Palestine; it afterwards became the boundary between Moab and Israel. The river falls into the Dead Sea, and is described by Josephus as rising in the mountains of Arabia. Mount Hermon] Forming the southern extremity in the range of Anti-Lebanon, and thought to be about ten thousand feet high. It was famous for its... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

Chapter 12Now that was a tragedy that they did leave unconquered territory, because they left it, it did become a problem later on to them. Now in chapter eleven it gives a list of the names of the kings that were in this land that they destroyed, or that they, that they had come against. So chapter twelve gives you a roster of the kings that they defeated. " read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 12:1-24

This chapter contains the Hebrew chart of honour, and the faithfulness of God in fulfilling all his promises. Joshua 12:1 . Arnon, the river which drained the vales of Moab. See the Map. Joshua 12:3 . Chinneroth, called Genesareth in the gospels, near to which Joshua fought his great and decisive battle, as in the preseding chapter. Joshua 12:5 . The Geshurites; called in the Septuagint “Gergesenes,” and thought to be the people mentioned in Matthew 8:28. Joshua 12:7 . The valley... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 12:1-24

Joshua 12:1-24These axe the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote. The goodness and severity of GodThis chapter is a short summary of the work that has been done. In this resume of the conquest Moses is not forgotten. He is named as well as Joshua. The Holy Ghost delights to point out how God causes many instruments to work out His designs, and thus takes all praise from man. Thus the chapter is a miniature, suggesting all the victories that Israel won, and all the defeats which... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 12:4

Jos 12:4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, Ver. 4. Which was of the remnant of giants. ] Slain by the Ammonites. Deuteronomy 2:20 ; Deu 3:11 Raphaims, they called themselves, that is, Physicians or Preservers; but indeed they were Zamzummims, that is, boisterous and abominable. Nomen inane, crimen immane. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 12:4

the coast: Numbers 21:33-Habakkuk :, Deuteronomy 3:1-Judges :, Deuteronomy 3:10 the remnant: Joshua 13:12, Deuteronomy 3:11 dwelt: Deuteronomy 1:4 Reciprocal: Genesis 14:5 - Ashteroth Numbers 21:35 - General Deuteronomy 3:4 - all his cities Joshua 9:10 - Ashtaroth Joshua 13:31 - Ashtaroth 1 Chronicles 5:11 - Gad 1 Chronicles 6:71 - Bashan read more

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