Joshua 12:7 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Joshua 12:7

"And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir (and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South: the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Joshua 12:7-8

Ver. 7, 8. And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote, on this side Jordan— The author wrote in the country of Canaan, properly so called; and this region was, with respect to him, on this side Jordan, to the west of that river. With respect to the limits which he describes of this conquered land, he specifies them as in ver. 17 of the foregoing chapter. Here Calmet is of opinion, that instead of translating even unto the mount Halak, &c. we should... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Joshua 12:7

7. Baal-gad . . . even unto . . . Halak—(See on Joshua 12:1). A list of thirty-one chief towns is here given; and, as the whole land contained a superficial extent of only fifteen miles in length by fifty in breadth, it is evident that these capital cities belonged to petty and insignificant kingdoms. With a few exceptions, they were not the scenes of any important events recorded in the sacred history, and therefore do not require a particular notice. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 12:7-24

The slaughter of the western kings 12:7-24The writer identified 31 kings in the essential order in which Joshua defeated them."Many of the same names appear in the Amarna letters, thus confirming the historicity of our text." [Note: Davis and Whitcomb, p. 75.] "The description was not complete. Shechem is not mentioned, and the hills of Ephraim are sparsely represented, as is the territory north of Hazor. Completeness is not the object. The writer seeks to compile a list that will impress the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

A Review of the Victories of Moses and JoshuaThis chapter concludes the whole section of the book which deals with the conquest of Canaan. The following chapters narrate the partition of the conquered and some unconquered land. The original account of these conquests is to be found in Numbers 21:21-35, and of the assignment to the 2½ tribes in Numbers 3:2. A fuller description of the territory is given in chapter Numbers 13:1-33;where see notes.1-6. Moses’ conquests E. of Jordan. Kingdoms of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

CHAPTER XX.THE BATTLE OF MEROM.Joshua Chs. 11, 12. THERE is some appearance of confusion in the terms in which the great confederacy of native princes against Israel is brought in. In the beginning of the ninth chapter, a combination that embraced the whole country, north and south, east and west, is described as gathered together to fight with Joshua and with Israel. Nothing more is said till after the treaty with the Gibeonites, when five of these confederate kings residing in the south not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

The Conquered Kings CHAPTER 12 1. The kings on the other side of Jordan (Joshua 12:1-6 ) 2. The kings on this side of Jordan (Joshua 12:7-24 ) “The land rested from war” is the concluding statement of the previous chapter. It was after Joshua had made war a long time with all those kings (Joshua 11:18 ). Deuteronomy 6:10-11 was also fulfilled. “And it shall be, when the LORD Thy God shall have brought thee into the land, which He sware unto thy Fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob,... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Joshua 12:7

12:7 And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount {b} Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;(b) Read Joshua 11:17. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:1-24

AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon (tie.8:1-2).When Jephthah had gained the victory over the Ammonites, they ought to have shown genuine appreciation of this, but instead they came with bitter enmity, being angry because Jephthah had not called them to help in the defeat of Ammon.They tell him, "We will burn your house down on you with fire!" (v.1). Jephthah was not as wise as Gideon... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

CONQUEST OF THE NORTH Owing to the length of the last lesson no comment was made on the latter half of the previous chapter. But it will be seen that verses 16-27 gave an account of the final destruction of the five kings in the confederacy against Gibeon. The map will show Makkedah (Joshua 10:16 ) to the west of Gibeon, near the sea and in what we know as the Philistine country. In a cave the kings hid and were imprisoned by Joshua until the rout of the warriors was complete (Joshua... read more