Joshua 12:6-7

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

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:6

Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smite ,.... That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in Numbers 21:1 , and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it ; the whole dominion of the two kings before mentioned: for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh : of which grant, and the conditions of it, see Numbers 32:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 12:7

And these are the kings of the country ,.... After particularly named, Joshua 12:9 , which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west ; that is, on the west of Jordan: from Baalgad, in the valley of Lebanon, even unto the mount Halak , that goeth up to Seir ; of which see Joshua 11:17 , which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession , according to their divisions ; as after related in this book. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 12:7

From Baal-gad - A repetition of what is mentioned Joshua 11:17 . 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 12:6

Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave. Theodoret makes the tribes which received their inheritance through Moses the types of the believing Jews, and those who received it through Jesus (Joshua) the types of the believing Gentiles. Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh were the first born of their respective mothers, and were thus types of the Jews, who were God's firstborn. As they passed over armed before their brethren, so we received the good tidings of salvation from the lips of Jews. This is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:7

And these are the kings of the country. We now proceed to the enumeration of the kings whom Joshua had overcome on the western side of Jordan. And the first thing that strikes us is their immense number, as compared to the two potentates who alone occupied the large tract of country subdued on the other side of Jordan. Such a divided territory could hardly have maintained itself in the face of the powerful monarchs Sihon and Og to the eastward of Jordan. We are thus led to the conclusion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:7-8

Diversity of lots. The diversity of situation and character in the several lots of the tribes of Israel is illustrative of the similar diversity which is seen in all human experience. I. DIVERSITY OF LOTS IS A NECESSITY . If we could attain uniformity we could not retain it. II. DIVERSITY OF LOTS IS LESS SEVERE THAN IT APPEARS TO BE . III. DIVERSITY OF LOTS IS BENEFICIAL TO US INDIVIDUALLY , Justice is not equality, but fitness.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 12:7-24

The catalogue of the vanquished. A melancholy document, meaning little more to us than a column in a directory, but meaning much to multitudes. Many of these kings would be lamented in elegies as sweet as David's song over Saul and Jonathan. Some, doubtless, were noble, perhaps some devout, but implicated in a national fate to the deserving of which they had not contributed. Linger over these a little and observe— I. ALL ARMIES WILL FIND THEIR PLACE IN ONE OF TWO ... read more

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