Joshua 12:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 12:1-6

Joshua, or whoever else is the historian before he comes to sum up the new conquests Israel had made, in these verses receives their former conquests in Moses's time, under whom they became masters of the great and potent kingdoms of Sihon and Og. Note, Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church be suffered to eclipse and diminish the just honour of those who have gone before them, and who were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:5

And reigned in Mount Hermon ,.... That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, Joshua 11:17 , and adjacent to it, of which mountain; see Gill on Deuteronomy 3:8 and See Gill on Deuteronomy 3:9 , and in Salcah : which was a city belonging to the kingdom of Og, Deuteronomy 3:10 , and in all Bashan ; or Batanea, a country famous for pasturage, Micah 7:14 , and for fat cattle, Ezekiel 39:18 , and for oaks, Isaiah 2:13 , frequently mentioned in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:5

The border of the Geshurites - The country of Bashan, in the days of Moses and Joshua, extended from the river Jabbok on the south to the frontiers of the Geshurites and Maachathites on the north, to the foot of the mountains of Hermon. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

The extent of the conquest. A few detached considerations occur to us here. I. GOD WELL NOT BE WORSE THAN HIS WORD . The reduction of the whole land had not yet been effected, but it had been rendered possible if Israel were disposed to follow up his advantage. The list of cities captured covers nearly the whole extent of Palestine, and Canaan had been deprived of all capacity of resistance. So it is with the Christian who has entered into covenant with God. The mastery... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:5

The Geshurites. See Joshua 13:2 , Joshua 13:11 , Joshua 13:13 ; and Deuteronomy 3:14 ; also 2 Samuel 13:37 , where we find the principality of Geshur still in possession of its independence. It was in the northeast corner of Bashan, abutting upon Syria, and is called "Geshur in Syria" ( 2 Samuel 15:8 ). It is perhaps an instance of undesigned coincidence that Maachah, the mother of Absalom and the daughter of the king of Geshur, was so named, since she probably derived her name... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 12:1-6

All the plain on the east - i. e. the Arabah or depressed tract along the east bank of Jordan, the modern El-Ghor (see Numbers 22:1).Joshua 12:2From the middle of the river - i. e. as appears from Joshua 13:9, Joshua 13:16, “from the city that is in the midst of the river;” namely,, Ar Moab (see Deuteronomy 2:36).Joshua 12:3From the plain - Render “over the plain;” for the words describe not one of the boundaries of Sihon’s kingdom, but part of the territory included in it, i. e. the eastern... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:1-24

Summary of Israel’s conquests (11:16-12:24)Now that Israel controlled all the territory that was to become its homeland, the writer summarizes the entire conquest. First he summarizes Joshua’s conquest of all the area west of Jordan (i.e. Canaan itself), where nine and a half tribes were to receive their inheritance (16-23). Then he summarizes the former conquest in the time of Moses, when Israel gained control of the territory east of Jordan, where two and a half tribes had already been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Joshua 12:1-6

The slaughter of the eastern kings 12:1-6Sihon and Og were the first Canaanite kings the Israelites defeated. 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