Joshua 12:8

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:7-24

7-24 We have here the limits of the country Joshua conquered. A list is given of the kings subdued by Israel: thirty-one in all. This shows how fruitful Canaan then was, in which so many chose to throng together. This was the land God appointed for Israel; yet in our day it is one of the most barren and unprofitable countries in the world. Such is the effect of the curse it lies under, since its possessors rejected Christ and his gospel, as was foretold by Moses, Deuteronomy 29:23. The... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Joshua 12:7-24

The Conquered Kings West of Jordan v. 7. And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad, in the Valley of Lebanon, in the north, even unto the Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, Joshua 11:17; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; v. 8. in the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Joshua 12:1-24

SECTION THIRDCatalogue of all the Kings Conquered under the Command of Moses and Joshua in East and West Palestine 121. Catalogue of the Kings Conquered in Hast PalestineJoshua 12:1-61Now1 these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side [of the] Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from 2the river2 Arnon, unto Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 12:7-8

‘ And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote Beyond Jordan Westward, from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even to mount Halak, which goes up to Seir. And Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions, in the hill country, and in the Shephelah and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness and in the Negeb, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.’ We now... 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 12:8

The wilderness: this word here and elsewhere in Scripture notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, but one thin of inhabitants, as 1 Kings 2:34; 1 Kings 9:18; Matthew 3:1,Matthew 3:3. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 12:7-24

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 12:7. Baal gad.… Halak] Cf. on chap. Joshua 11:17. Joshua 12:8. Mountains, etc.] Cf. on chapters Joshua 9:1; Joshua 10:40. Geographical notes on most of the places named in the following verses will be found under the Critical Notes of the preceding chapters, principally under chapters 10, 11.Joshua 12:13. King of Geder] Geder is thought to be the Gederah of chap. Joshua 15:36, and was probably situated in the lowlands of Judah. Joshua 12:14. Hormah] = “destruction.” The... 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

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