Joshua 14:6-15:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

Before the lot was cast into the lap for the determining of the portions of the respective tribes, the particular portion of Caleb was assigned to him. He was now, except Joshua, not only the oldest man in all Israel, but was twenty years older than any of them, for all that were above twenty years old when he was forty were dead in the wilderness; it was fit therefore that this phoenix of his age should have some particular marks of honour put upon him in the dividing of the land. Now, I.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:6

Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal ,.... Whither he was returned after the conquest of the kings and their kingdoms; these were not the whole tribe of Judah, but some of the chief men of it who accompanied Caleb, for the honour of him, as Ben Gersom observes, he being their prince; and to second his petition, and to show their consent unto, and an approbation of such an assignment to him as he desired: and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, said unto him ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6

Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite - In the note on the parallel place, Numbers 32:12 , it is said Kenaz was probably the father of Jephunneh, and that Jephunneh not Caleb, was the Kenezite; but still, allowing this to be perfectly correct, Caleb might also be called the Kenezite, as it appears to have been a family name, for Othniel, his nephew and son-in-law, is called the son of Kenaz, Joshua 15:17 ; Judges 1:13 , and 1 Chronicles 4:13 ; and a grandson of Caleb is also called... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6

Verse 6 6.Then the children of Judah came, etc Here the account which had been begun as to the partition of the land is broken off to make way for the insertion of a narrative, namely, that Caleb requested Mount Hebron to be given to him as he had been promised by Moses. This happened a long time before the people had ceased from making war, and it became necessary to cast lots. It is stated to be the fifth year since their entrance into the land, and he does not ask for a locality to be given... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6

In Gilgal (see Joshua 9:6 ). Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite. Or, descendant of Kenaz, as was his kinsman Othniel. As far as we can make out from the genealogy in 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 , Caleb and Kenaz were family names, for the Caleb or Calubi ( 1 Chronicles 2:9 ) the son of Hezron ( 1 Chronicles 2:18 ), the Caleb the son of Hur ( 1 Chronicles 2:50 ), and Caleb the son of Jephunneh ( 1 Chronicles 4:15 ), could not have been the same persons. And Caleb was a Kenezite,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

Caleb's faithfulness and its reward. The history of Caleb seems to have a special fascination for the sacred historian. We read of him here, and in the next chapter, and in 1:1-36 . Whether this were due to his bravery, his sincerity, his hale and hearty old age, or (see note on 1:6 ) his foreign extraction, coupled with his zeal for his adopted country and tribe, or from the combination of all these, it is not necessary to decide. Sufficient to remark I. THE BRAVE MAN WINS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

Caleb. I. THE CHARACTER OF CALEB . II. THE REWARD OF CALEB . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 14:6

The children of Judah - No doubt, in particular, the kinsmen of Caleb, and perhaps other leading men of the tribe. These came before Joshua, with Caleb, in order to make it manifest that they supported his claim, to be secured in the possessions promised him by Moses before the general allotment should be made to the tribes (compare the marginal references). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 14:6

Joshua 14:6. Then the children of Judah came When Joshua, Eleazar, and the rest were consulting about the division of the land, and before they had begun to cast lots, some of the children of Judah interposed in behalf of Caleb, coming along with him to show him respect, to testify their consent that he should be provided for by himself, and to be witnesses of the truth of what he alleged. In Gilgal Where the division of the land was designed, and begun, though it was executed and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

The tribe of Judah (14:6-15:63)By far the largest portions of Canaan went to the chief tribes, those of Judah and Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:8-12,Genesis 49:22-26). Judah received almost the whole of southern Canaan, and Joseph received almost the whole of central Canaan.Caleb received his special inheritance within the area given to his tribe, Judah. Here he proved that his expression of faith made forty-five years earlier was not mere words. At that time he and Joshua alone in Israel believed... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 14:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 14:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 14:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:6-15

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