E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 14:14
Hebron . . . became. Compare Joshua 21:12 . read more
Joshua 14:8-14 Esv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 14:10
"And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, Lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go in and out and to come in. Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 14:13
"And Joshua blessed him; and gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel. Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.""And Joshua blessed him ..." (Joshua 14:13). These words show the endorsement by Joshua of all that Caleb had claimed,... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:8
Ver. 8. I wholly followed the Lord my God— The Hebrew literally is, I filled after the Lord my God: Words, the energy of which is very well rendered in our version; they give the idea of a traveller, who, attentive to the following of his guide, so treads in his steps, as to leave hardly any void space betwixt his guide and him, and continually fills up the traces of his feet. See Poole's Synopsis. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:9
Ver. 9. And Moses sware on that day, saying— See Num 14:21-24 and Deuteronomy 1:34-35. It was God who sware, and not Moses; but as he sware by the mouth of the latter, the expression used by the sacred writer is just. Ver. 11. As yet I am as strong, &c.] Caleb adds this consideration only the better to shew the high sense he has of the divine goodness, which had so preserved his vigour in this advanced age, as to enable him either to take from the enemies, which still retained them, the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:12
Ver. 12. In that day (for thou heardest) &c.— The LXX and Vulgate construe these words with what goes before, and render the whole thus: Give me, therefore, this mountain, which the Lord promised me, as thou thyself heardst. Beside the city of Hebron, the Anakims possessed at least two others in this district. See Numbers 13:29; Numbers 13:32-33; Jos 11:21 Joshua 20:7. If—the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able, &c.— Here arises a difficulty. We observed that Joshua had already... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 14:13
Ver. 13. And Joshua blessed him— Granted him the boon he desired, acknowledged his right to the country of Hebron, consented to his making a conquest of it, and entreated the Lord to favour him in his undertaking. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 14:12
12. give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day—this highland region. for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there—The report of the spies, who tried to kindle the flame of sedition and discontent, related chiefly to the people and condition of this mountain district, and hence it was promised as the reward of Caleb's truth, piety, and faithfulness. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 14:13
13, 14. Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb Hebron for an inheritance—Joshua, who was fully cognizant of all the circumstances, not only admitted the claim, but in a public and earnest manner prayed for the divine blessing to succor the efforts of Caleb in driving out the idolatrous occupiers. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 14:12
Anakims. See note on Numbers 13:22 .Deuteronomy 1:28 , and App-23 and App-25 . read more