Joshua 12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:18

Aphek - There were several cities of this name: one in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:30 , another in the tribe of Judah, 1 Samuel 4:1 ; 1 Samuel 29:1 ; and a third in Syria, 1 Kings 20:26 , and 2 Kings 13:17 . Which of the two former is here intended cannot be ascertained. Lasharon - There is no city of this name known. Some consider the ל lamed in the word לשרון lashsharon to be the sign of the genitive case, and in this sense it appears to have been understood by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:20

Shimron-meron - See on Joshua 11:1 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:21

Taanach - A city in the half tribe of Manasseh, to the west of Jordan, not far from the frontiers of Zebulun, Joshua 17:11 . This city was assigned to the Levites, Joshua 21:25 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:22

Kedesh - There was a city of this name in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:37 . It was given to the Levites, and was one of the cities of refuge, Joshua 20:7 . Jokneam of Carmel - This city is said to have been at the foot of Mount Carmel, near the river Belus, in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:11 . It was given to the Levites, Joshua 21:34 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:23

The king of Dor - The city of this name fell to the lot of the children of Manasseh, Joshua 17:11 . Bochart observes that it was one of the oldest royal cities in Phoenicia. The Canaanites held it, Judges 1:27 . Antiochus Sydetes besieged it in aftertimes, but could not make himself master of it. See Bochart, Canaan, lib. i., c. 28, and Dodd. The king of the nations of Gilgal - This is supposed to mean the higher Galilee, surnamed Galilee of the Gentiles or, nations, as the Hebrew... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:24

King of Tirzah - This city appears to have been for a long time the capital of the kingdom of Israel, and the residence of its kings. See 1 Kings 14:17 ; 1 Kings 15:21 , 1 Kings 15:33 . Its situation cannot be exactly ascertained; but it is supposed to have been situated on a mountain about three leagues south of Samaria. All the kings thirty and one - The Septuagint say εικοσι εννεα , twenty-nine, and yet set down but twenty-eight, as they confound or omit the kings of Beth-el,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1

Verse 1 1.NOW these are the kings, etc This chapter does not need a lengthened exposition, as it only enumerates the kings of whose territories the Israelites gained possession. Two of them are beyond the Jordan, Og and Sihon, whose rule was extensive; in the land of Canaan there are thirty-one. But though each of those now summarily mentioned was previously given more in detail, there is very good reason for here placing before our eyes as it were a living picture of the goodness of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:1

EXPOSITION THE EXTENT OF JOSHUA 'S CONQUESTS . Now these are the kings. The historian now enters upon a complete description of the whole territory which had, up to this date, fallen into the hands of the Israelites. First he traces out the border of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, which he describes as bounded on the south by the river Arnon, on the west of course by the Jordan, and as extending from Hermon, past the Sea of Chinneroth, to the borders of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

The extent of the conquest. A few detached considerations occur to us here. I. GOD WELL NOT BE WORSE THAN HIS WORD . The reduction of the whole land had not yet been effected, but it had been rendered possible if Israel were disposed to follow up his advantage. The list of cities captured covers nearly the whole extent of Palestine, and Canaan had been deprived of all capacity of resistance. So it is with the Christian who has entered into covenant with God. The mastery... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:2

T he river Jabbok. Literally, the pouring or emptying stream. It is remarkable that, while the LXX . renders here by χείμαρρος , a winter torrent, it steadily renders the same Hebrew word, when referring to Aruon, by φάραγξ . This latter word indicates the rocky cleft through which the water flows; the former, the fact that, though rapid and impetuous in winter, it was usually dried up in summer. Cf. the term χείμαρρος , applied to the Kedron by St. John ( Joshua 18:1 ); a... read more

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