Joshua 11:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:1-9

We are here entering upon the story of another campaign that Joshua made, and it was a glorious one, no less illustrious than the former in the success of it, though in respect of miracles it was inferior to it in glory. The wonders God then wrought for them were to animate and encourage them to act vigorously themselves. Thus the war carried on by the preaching of the gospel against Satan's kingdom was at first forwarded by miracles; but, the war being by them sufficiently proved to be of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 11:5

And when all those kings were met together ,.... At some certain place, which Jabin had appointed: they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom : Josephus F1 Ibid. (Antiq. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 8.) says it was at Berotha; perhaps it should be Merotha, a city of upper Galilee, not far from Cedesa, the same he elsewhere calls F2 De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 20. sect. 6. Meroth, These waters are the same with the lake Samachonitis, on which Hazor was situated; so that it was near... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 11:5

The waters of Merom - Where these waters were, interpreters are not agreed. Whether they were the waters of the Lake Semechon, or the waters of Megiddo, mentioned Judges 5:19 , cannot be easily determined. The latter is the more probable opinion. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:1-5

Many adversaries. Another league is here. One in the south destroyed; another in the north is formed. A formidable one scattered; one more so gathers. Four kings are mentioned, and probably a dozen others of those mentioned in the following chapter are associated with them. They marshal all the fighting power of the northern half of Palestine. As the land was then (as repeatedly afterwards) very populous; as war was the most familiar of all employments; as numbers of the cities—almost... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:1-23

The continuation of the struggle. The same class of thoughts is suggested by this chapter as by the former. We have, as before But the course of the narrative gives a somewhat different form to our reflections. I. JOSHUA NEEDED SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT ONCE MORE , in spite of his previous signal victory. This was because he had a new class of enemies to contend against. These kings, with the king Hazor at their head, seem to have possessed a higher civilisation than the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:5

The waters of Merom. Robinson and the later travellers generally identify this with the Samochonitis (Joseph, Ant. 5.1; Bell. Jud. 3.9. 7; 4. 1.1), now Huleh. Keil and Delitzseh deny this, but it may be regarded as established, on the authority of Ritter, Vandevelde, Tristram, in short of all who have visited Palestine during the last thirty years. But its name, "the waters of height," would seem to answer to this, the highest of the inland lakes of Palestine. The Jordan runs through it, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 11:5

Waters of Merom - i. e. “the upper waters,” the modern Bahr el Huleh, the lake Semechonitis, or Samochonitis of Josephus. This lake occupies the southern half of the Ard el Huleh, a depressed basin some 15 miles long and 3 or 4 miles wide lying between the hills of Galilee on the west and the lower spurs of Hermon on the east. The size of the lake varies with the season, and the northern side of it ends in a large swamp. The shape of the lake is triangular, the point being at the south, where... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 11:5

Joshua 11:5. These kings pitched at the waters of Merom A lake made by the river Jordan in the northern part of it, which was in the territory of the king of Shimron, near Hazor, Jabin’s royal city, and almost in the middle of these confederate kings. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 11:1-15

Victory in northern Canaan (11:1-15)Alarmed by Israel’s victories in the south, the kings of the north organized the largest, strongest and best equipped army that Israel had yet faced (11:1-5). Again God encouraged Joshua, and again Joshua launched a devastating surprise attack. He defeated the combined northern forces, making sure that he destroyed all their horses and chariots. This was apparently to prevent the Israelites from being tempted to use the horses and chariots themselves instead... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 11:5

met together : i.e. by appointment. Compare Amos 3:3 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 11:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 11:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 11:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 11:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 11:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 11:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 11:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 11:5

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