Jos 12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: Ver. 8. See Trapp on " Jos 12:7 " read more
the mountains: Joshua 10:40, Joshua 11:16 the Hittites: Joshua 9:1, Genesis 15:18-Ecclesiastes :, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 23:28-Obadiah :, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 9:1 Reciprocal: Genesis 10:15 - Heth Genesis 10:19 - And the Joshua 13:4 - the land of Psalms 68:12 - Kings read more
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:The wilderness — This word here and elsewhere in scripture notes not a land wholly desert and uninhabited, but one thin of inhabitants, as1Kings2:34; 9:18; Matthew . The Gargashites either were now incorporated with some other of these nations, or as the tradition of the Jews... read more
7-13. For Baal-gad and Halak see Joshua 11:17. For the Canaanitish tribes see Joshua 3:10. Jericho See Joshua 2:1. Ai and Bethel See Joshua 7:2. Jerusalem See Joshua 10:1. Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon See Joshua 10:3. Gezer See Joshua 10:33. Debir See Joshua 10:38. Geder is now unknown. 14. Hormah The name of this city was originally Zephath, (Judges 1:17,) and a trace of this latter name Dr. Robinson found in the rocky pass es-Sufah in the mountain barrier... read more
LIST OF THE KINGS SUBDUED BY JOSHUA, Joshua 12:7-24. [This list is acknowledged by the most rationalistic critics to be a very ancient document. Ewald speaks of it as “a record of remarkable interest in many ways. Its distinctive antiquity would be sufficiently evident from its enumeration of cities which in those early days were great and powerful, but which afterwards sank into absolute insignificance, or were never heard of again.” It was not improbably composed by Joshua himself. A number... read more
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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