The king of Jerusalem, one ,.... Whose name was Adonizedek, and was one of the five kings taken and hanged, Joshua 10:1 , the king of Hebron, one ; another of the five kings, whose name was Hoham, Joshua 10:3 . read more
The king of Jarmuth, one ,.... Whose name was Piram, a third of the five kings before observed, Joshua 10:3 , the king of Lachish, one ; another of them, whose name was Japhia, Joshua 10:3 . read more
The king of Eglon, one ,.... The last of the five kings, and his name was Debir, Joshua 10:3 , the king of Gezer, one ; who came up to help Lachish, and his name was Horam, Joshua 10:33 . read more
The king of Debir, one ,.... The same with Kirjathsepher, of which place; see Gill on Joshua 10:38 , the king of Geder, one : Jerom F8 De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A. B. seems to confound this with the tower of Eder, beyond which Jacob pitched his tent, Genesis 35:21 ; and he speaks of a Gaddera in the tribe of Judah, in his time a village belonging to the country about Aelia or Jerusalem, and of Gahedur in the tribe of Judah, a large village, ten miles from Diospolis or Lydda, as you... read more
The king of Hormah, one ,.... Which was formerly called Zephath, Judges 1:17 ; see Joshua 15:3 , the king of Arad, one ; perhaps the same with Arath, which, Jerom F9 De Loc. Heb. fol. 92. L. says, is the border of the land of Judah, and is twenty miles distant from Hebron to the south; see Numbers 21:1 . read more
The king of Libnah, one ,.... Taken at the same time as the kings of Makkedah, Debir, and of other places were, Joshua 10:29 , the king of Adullam, one ; a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:35 ; Jerom says F11 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F. there was a village in his time, not a small one, called by this name, ten miles to the east of Eleutheropolis: near to this place was a cave where David hid himself when he fled from Saul, 1 Samuel 22:1 ; See Gill on Micah 1:15 . read more
The king of Makkedah, one ,.... In a cave near to which five kings hid themselves, and were taken out and hanged, and the city afterwards was taken by Joshua, Joshua 10:16 ; which fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:41 , the king of Bethel, one ; a city near to Ai, about a mile from it, and yet had a king over it: it was taken at the same time that Ai was, Joshua 7:2 ; and fell to the lot of Benjamin, Joshua 18:22 . read more
The king of Tappuah, one ,.... Which Jerom calls F12 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C. Thaffu; it signifies an apple, and perhaps had its name from plenty of that fruit that grew there: a city of this name fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34 ; where also was another place called Bethtappuah, Joshua 15:53 ; and both different from another Tappuah on the border of Manasseh, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 17:8 ; by some thought to be meant here: the king of Hepher,... read more
The king of Aphek, one ,.... There was a place called Aphekah in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:53 ; and an Aphek that was on the border of the Amorites, Joshua 13:4 ; and another in the tribe of Asher, Joshua 19:30 ; but Adrichomius F14 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 35. places this Aphek in the tribe of Issachar, whose king Joshua smote, and takes it to be the same place where the Philistines in the times of Samuel and David brought their armies against Israel, 1 Samuel 4:1 ; and... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 12:7-24
We have here a breviate of Joshua's conquests. I. The limits of the country he conquered. It lay between Jordan on the east and the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and extended from Baal-gad near Lebanon in the north to Halak, which lay upon the country of Edom in the south, Josh. 12:7. The boundaries are more largely described, Num. 34:2-12 But what is here said is enough to show that God had been as good as his word, and had given them possession of all he had promised them by Moses, if they... read more