Joshua 12:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:6

‘ Moses the servant of YHWH, and the children of Israel, smote them, and Moses the servant of YHWH gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.’ For details of the smiting see Numbers 21:21-35. For the bestowal on the tribes see Numbers 32:0. The description of the activities under Moses, seen as to the glory of YHWH, is now completed. 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

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 12:6

Jos 12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Ver. 6. Moses the servant of the Lord. ] See Joshua 1:1 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 12:6

did Moses: Numbers 21:24-Habakkuk : gave it: Joshua 13:8-Jonah :, Luke 22:29-:, Deuteronomy 3:11-Esther : Reciprocal: Numbers 32:33 - Moses Joshua 1:1 - the death read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 12:6

Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.Smile — Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies: nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church, diminish the just honour of those that went before them. Joshua's services were confessedly great. But let not those under Moses be forgotten. Both together... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-6

LIST OF THE TRANS-JORDANIC CONQUESTS, Joshua 12:1-6. This chapter concludes the general history of the conquests, and is a resume of the triumphs under Moses and Joshua. For the historical facts referred to in the first six verses see Numbers 21:21-35, and Deuteronomy 2:26-37; Deuteronomy 3:1-17. read more

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