Joshua 19:49-50 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:49-51

Before this account of the dividing of the land is solemnly closed up, in the Josh. 19:51; which intimates that the thing was done to the satisfaction of all, here is an account of the particular inheritance assigned to Joshua. 1. He was last served, though the eldest and greatest man of all Israel, and who, having commanded in the conquest of Canaan, might have demanded the first settlement in it for himself and his family. But he would make it to appear that in all he did he sought the good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:49

And when they made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts ,.... That is, Eleazar, Joshua, and the ten men appointed for this, purpose; when all the lots were drawn, and the several inheritances which came up to them were divided among the families of the respective tribes, this work being finished: the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them ; most interpreters observe the modesty of Joshua, that though the oldest and the greatest... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:50

According to the word of the Lord ,.... Or mouth of the Lord; either according to the oracle of Urim and Thummim, which Eleazar consulted on this occasion; or according to what the Lord had said to Moses, at the same time that Hebron was ordered to Caleb, Joshua 14:6 ; and they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in Mount Ephraim ; he chose a place in his own tribe, for he was of the tribe of Ephraim; and it seems that what he chose was none of the best of places; for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:50

Timnath-serah - Called Timnath-heres in Judges 2:9 , where we find that the mountain on which it was built was called Gaash. It is generally allowed to have been a barren spot in a barren country. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:49

Verse 49 49.When they had made an end of dividing, etc We have here, at length, an account of the gratitude of the people towards Joshua. For although the partition of the land of Canaan, among the posterity of Abraham, behooved to be equitable, yet Joshua, by his excellent virtues, deserved some honorary reward. Nor could any complain that a single individual was enriched at their expense. For, first, in the delay there was a striking proof of the moderation of this holy servant of God. He... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51

The completion of the work. The reflections suggested by this chapter are identical with those which have already occurred to us. They are, perhaps, emphasised by Joshua 19:51 , in which the solemn public division of the land is once more, and yet more plainly, declared to have taken place with the assent of the heads of Church and State, and to have been attended with a religious ceremony. Without pretending to say whose fault it is, or how such a desirable state of things may be once... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49

When they had made an end. The LXX ; both here and in Joshua 19:51 , reads יֵלְכוּ they went. The last thing Joshua thought of was himself. It was only when his work was done, and Israel had received her allotted territory, that Joshua thought it right to take his own inheritance. Calvin remarks that it was "a striking proof of the moderation of this servant of God" that he "thought not of his own interest until that of the community was secured." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49

Joshua's portion. "When they had made an end of dividing the land," Joshua gets his share. Not first, as kings usually do, but last. When all are helped, then comes his turn. Though he waits longest, yet it does come to him. And when it does come it is all the more welcome from being well earned. Observe two or three things that are thus brought before us. I. A TRAIT OF HONOUR . Honour is the bloom of uprightness; the finer instinctive working of it in matters too delicate to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49-50

Joshua's inheritance. I. JOSHUA RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE AMONG HIS BRETHREN . After labour and battle come rest and recompense. Though Joshua was a man of war he was not to spend all his days in fighting. It is sometimes well that the active should have a quiet time of retirement in old age. For all God's servants there is an inheritance of rest when this world's work is done ( Hebrews 4:9 ). II. JOSHUA 'S INHERITANCE WAS GIVEN ACCORDING TO A DIVINE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:50

The city which he asked. He asked for a city, certainly. But the law of the inheritance was not to be set aside for him any more than for the meanest in Israel. Timnath-serah was in his own tribe. Timnath-serah. Called Thamna by Josephus and the LXX ; and Timnath-heres, or Tinmath of the sun by a transposition of the letters, in 2:9 . Rabbi Solomon Jarchi gives a singular reason for the latter name. It came to be so called because there was a representation of the sun upon the tomb... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 19:49-51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:49

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 19:50

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:50

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 19:49

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:1-51

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:49-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 19:50

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